The Tragedy of the Chinese Revolution - by Harold Isaacs (Paperback)

About the Book

The story of how China's modern development rests on the tragically suppressed struggle for true socialism.

Book Synopsis

The story of how China's modern development rests on the tragically suppressed struggle for true socialism.

Review Quotes

"This is an excellent narrative: it is clear, exciting, and well-balanced in evidence and interpretation. Isaacs provides a detailed yet highly digestible account of the 1925-27 revolution, its roots, and its consequences. The book... successfully counters the tendency for the 1949 divide to 'flatten[s] the jagged course of history into an uninformative curve that hides from us too much of the meaning of both past and present.'"
-Sigrid Schmalzer, Assistant Professor of History University of Massachusetts, Amherst

About the Author

Harold Isaacs was a writer and long-time student of Chinese affairs. The Tragedy of the Chinese Revolution, his first book, was based largely on long-hidden original historical documents and has been recognized for many years as preserving the historical truth that would otherwise have been erased by the revolution's betrayers. Isaacs' loyalty was not to a party or ideology, but to the "martyrs" of the 1925-1927 revolution to whom he dedicated his work and to the millions who fought for a more just and humane Chinese society.