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Mao Zedong: A Penguin Life (Penguin Lives) (1st Edition) by Jonathan D. Spence Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 1999 ISBN-10: 0-670-88669-6 / 0670886696 ISBN-13: 978-0-670-88669-2 / 9780670886692 From humble beginnings in rural Hunan, Mao Zedong became the "Great Helmsman" of Communist China. By the time he died in 1976, he had profoundly changed the course of history. His increasingly erratic whims and graspings at a wild utopia destabilized his immense achievements, and he was ultimately r |