Concentrating on the rivalry between the formal and informal empires of Great Britain, Japan and the United States of America, this book examines how regional r
The early 20th-century world experienced a growth in international cooperation. Yet the dominant historical view of the period has long been one of national, mi
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Throughout this lively and concise historical account of Mao Zedong’s life and thought, Rebecca E. Karl places the revolutionary leader’s personal experienc
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