"Born Red: A Chronicle of the Cultural Revolution"

Fan that I am of Golden Arches East, I contacted its editor, Professor James L. Watson of Harvard University, and asked him if there was a book he would recommend to non-academic audiences to introduce them to his general field of study. Here's his reply.

I would recommend the following for people (of all ages) who want to know something of the Maoist background to contemporary China (it is a great read and my students have a hard time putting it down once they start it):

Yuan Gao's Born Red: A Chronicle of the Cultural Revolution.

I have used this book for years and although it was published years ago, it is still in print and still sells well for Stanford University Press.

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--Marshal Zeringue