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- catalog abstract ""Snow's classic Red Star Over China was a journalistic coup. Based on interviews with Mao Zedong and his followers, who were in hiding, cut off from Western observers for a decade, his bestseller revealed that Chinese Communism was a cohesive popular movement, not a ragtag army of bandits. But Snow (1905-1972), the adventurous reporter from Kansas City, Missouri, and stowaway to the Far East, told Americans things they did not want to hear. The Cold War public ignored his measured portrayal of a protectionist Soviet Union crippled by WW II and not bent on spreading communism. During the McCarthy witch-hunt period, this romantic idealist, who once called Mao an agrarian democrat, was blamed for misleading Americans. Even as Snow's political opinions matured, his message that China wanted closer ties with the U.S. went unheeded. Written by a journalist who worked in the U.S. Agency for International Development, this serviceable biography is as plainspoken as its down-to-earth subject. The early chapters on Snow's incredible adventures across Asia are the best. "-- Publisher's Weekly".
- catalog contributor b2189032.
- catalog coverage "China History 1937-1945.".
- catalog coverage "China History 1949-1976.".
- catalog coverage "China History Civil War, 1945-1949.".
- catalog created "1988.".
- catalog date "1988".
- catalog date "1988.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1988.".
- catalog description ""Snow's classic Red Star Over China was a journalistic coup. Based on interviews with Mao Zedong and his followers, who were in hiding, cut off from Western observers for a decade, his bestseller revealed that Chinese Communism was a cohesive popular movement, not a ragtag army of bandits. But Snow (1905-1972), the adventurous reporter from Kansas City, Missouri, and stowaway to the Far East, told Americans things they did not want to hear. The Cold War public ignored his measured portrayal of a protectionist Soviet Union crippled by WW II and not bent on spreading communism. During the McCarthy witch-hunt period, this romantic idealist, who once called Mao an agrarian democrat, was blamed for misleading Americans. Even as Snow's political opinions matured, his message that China wanted closer ties with the U.S. went unheeded. Written by a journalist who worked in the U.S. Agency for International Development, this serviceable biography is as plainspoken as its down-to-earth subject. The early chapters on Snow's incredible adventures across Asia are the best. "-- Publisher's Weekly".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 343 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Edgar Snow, a biography.".
- catalog identifier "0253319099".
- catalog isFormatOf "Edgar Snow, a biography.".
- catalog issued "1988".
- catalog issued "1988.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Bloomington : Indiana University Press,".
- catalog relation "Edgar Snow, a biography.".
- catalog spatial "China History 1937-1945.".
- catalog spatial "China History 1949-1976.".
- catalog spatial "China History Civil War, 1945-1949.".
- catalog spatial "China".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "070/.92/4 B 19".
- catalog subject "Foreign correspondents China Biography.".
- catalog subject "Foreign correspondents United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "PN4874.S5715 H3 1988".
- catalog subject "Sinologists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Snow, Edgar, 1905-1972.".
- catalog title "Edgar Snow, a biography / John Maxwell Hamilton.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".