Paper Tigers

Paper Tigers

Chairman Mao and his "paper tigers".


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I quote a lot of good books in this episode, so here is a list:


Tombstone: The Untold Story of Mao's Great Famine by Yang JishengMao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62, by Frank DikotterThe Evolution of Nuclear Strategy by Lawrence FreedmanThe Cold War: A World History by Odd Arne WestadThe Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis



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