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More people died in maos great famine than in the entire first world war and yet their story remains substantially untold. But according to maos great famine, a new book by frank dikotter, a historian at the school of oriental and african studies, the party is largely to blame not just for causing the disaster, but. The horror of the famine is given over several chapters. Maos great famine by frank dikotter this book is an excellent account of the great famine of china from 195862. The history of chinas most devastating catastrophe, 1958 62. The history of chinas most devastating catastrophe, 195862 peoples trilogy book.
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