Mao and China A Legacy of Turmoil Mao Zedong died in yet his ghost still haunts present day China In this book Stanley Karnow examines that dire episode in human history and the man responsible for it detailing the Communist t

Mao and China: A Legacy of Turmoil By Stanley Karnow Nien Cheng, Mao Zedong died in 1976, yet his ghost still haunts present day China In this book, Stanley Karnow examines that dire episode in human history and the man responsible for it, detailing the Communist takeover in 1949 and Mao s lofty vision of transforming China into the ideal Marxist nation.