Focuses on the complex relationship between these two men as part of the development of modern China - Communist takeover - Mass famine - Great Leap Forward - Cultural Revolution - Third Line - Jiang Qing - Gang of Four - Tiananmen Square.
Harrison Evans Salisbury Libros
Harrison E. Salisbury fue un distinguido reportero y editor cuya carrera en The New York Times abarcó décadas de importantes eventos globales. Su trabajo temprano en el periodismo sentó las bases para su posterior e impactante reportaje. Salisbury es particularmente reconocido por su perspicaz cobertura de la Unión Soviética durante los años formativos de la Guerra Fría, una era que navegó con aguda observación. Su dedicación a la crónica de complejos paisajes geopolíticos se extendió a una amplia cobertura de Asia, incluida la Guerra de Vietnam y las cambiantes dinámicas de China.
The destruction of the Czars which brought about the reign of revolutions from 1905–1917 in Russia looms as the crucial political event of the twentieth century. In little more than a decade the Romanov dynasty was toppled, and its time-honored institutions repudiated. How did it happen? How could Nicholas and Alexandra, the nobility, middle class anarchists—even Lenin himself—not foresee the catastrophic changes that were shaking the empire? Why could nothing be done? And why were the efforts so ineffectual? Black Night, White Snow captures the rich drama of this whole period. With the artistry of a Balzac, Harrison Salisbury exposes the strata of Russian society, with its decedents, prophetic poets, religious fanatics, and newly liberated serfs. From archival sources within the Soviet Union, interviews, and his personal photography collection, he recreates the story as it happened. Hard data on Russia's economy, a first-hand knowledge of the county, and a historian's gift of compression are combined in a fast-paced narrative that reads with the ease of a good novel and the urgency of a newspaper headline.
