The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957 by Frank Dikötter

The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957

People's Trilogy #2

Frank Dikötter

400 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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“The Chinese Communist party refers to its victory in 1949 as a 'liberation.' In China the story of liberation and the revolution that followed is not one of peace, liberty, and justice. It is first and foremost a story of calculated terror and sy...

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