The Ultimate Revolutionary | The Life & Times of Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong: Great at rebelling against governments, not so great at leading them. Climbed to the top of the communist ladder during the Long March, and won the Chinese Civil War! ...But then the Great Leap Forward backfired and the Cultural Revolution got a wee bit out of hand.

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