Comparing Mao to Stalin.
In: China Journal, Jg. 75 (2016), Heft 1, S. 83-101
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The Greek historian Plutarch famously compared over 40 illustrious Greek and Roman men. This article merely compares two tyrants--Stalin and Mao. Whereas Alexander and Caesar, or Demosthenes and Cicero, lived centuries apart, Stalin and Mao were contemporaries. Rather than recalling their uneasy relationship, this study evaluates and compares three aspects of their performance and misdeeds. As Stalin and Mao were responsible for the deaths of more of their own people than the average tyrant, the study first compares their cruelty and argues that Mao was much less cruel and, second, much less efficient and prone to pursue mutually contradictory aims. Third, he proved more faithful to revolutionary ideals. Two periods during their rule, the Great Terror (1937-38) and the Cultural Revolution, are recalled in order to illustrate the points under discussion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Comparing Mao to Stalin.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Bianco, Lucien |
Zeitschrift: | China Journal, Jg. 75 (2016), Heft 1, S. 83-101 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2016 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1324-9347 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1086/683126 |
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