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The following titles are Adam's recommended reading for further
background on Russia. Please select any title you would like for
purchase through our partner Amazon.com. Titles for the China show
are included below.
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The following titles are Adam's recommended reading for further
background on China. Please select any title you would like for
purchase through our partner Amazon.com.
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Life and Death In Shanghai
By: Nien Cheng
"Here is the haunting, inspirational account of Nien
Cheng's six-and-a-half years as a political prisoner
during communist china's cultural revolution."
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The New Emperors
By: Harrison E. Salisbury
"An ambitious but labored joint political biography of
China'slate-20th-century rulers, Mao Zedong and
Deng Xiaoping."
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Wild Swans
By:Jung Chang
"In Wild Swans, Jung Chang recounts the evocative,
unsettling, and insistently gripping story of how three
generations of women in her family fared in the
political maelstrom of China during the 20th century"
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The Search For Modern China
By: Jonathon D. Spence
"Covering more than four centuries of epic history
with unsurpassed learning, imagination, and passion,
Spence tells a story of vast struggle, of exhilarating
dreams and crushed lives, and above all of the sheer
capacity of the human spirit to endure"
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Mao Zedong
By: Jonathon D. Spence
"From humble beginnings in rural Hunan, Mao
Zedong was known as "The Great Helmsman" of
Communist China. On the other hand, he was
ultimately responsible for the deaths of perhaps 60
million people. Jonathan Spence brings great erudition
to the story of this flawed colossus."
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The Kissinger Transcripts
By: William Burr
"Henry Kissinger brought a near-obsessive sense of
secrecy to the administrations of Richard Nixon and
Gerald Ford, and took steps to ensure that this
secrecy would continue even after he left office. The
Kissinger Transcripts detail his years of secrecy."
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A Great Wall
By:Patrick Tyler
"This book is no dry history; the author describes
how easily escalating tensions over Taiwan could
involve the USA in a major war today."
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From Reform to Revolution
By: Minxin Pei
"An analytical and empirical study which shows that
patterns of regime transition in communist states
depend on the countries'preexisting social structures
and political and economic institutions."
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China's Unfinished Economic Revolution
By: Nicholas R. Lardy
"China's ability to complete successful reform of its
banking system is central to the question of whether
China will be able to sustain high economic growth.
Nick Lardy's book is the most detailed and
authoritative study to date of the current state of
Chinese banking and of the reforms that are
required."
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The White House Years
By: Henry Kissinger, Clare Boothe Luce
"Dr. Kissinger's book is a must read for those wishing
to gain insight into the politics of the diplomatic
process. He takes great pains to be fair in his
assessment of a number of personalities from
President Nixon, to Indira Gandi."
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