As an avid, yet novice reader of Asian biographies, I was wondering if anyone would recommend some biographies for East Asian personalities (I like to read mostly about politicial figures)?
I have recently read Mao by Jung Chang and her Wild Swans and have grown more and more fascinated with Chinese figures such as Chiang Kai-shek and Sun Yat-sen. I have a list of people here that I would be interested in getting more reading choices, which well help me broaden and deepen my understanding of East Asian personalities that I can relate to my students.
The Empress Dowager Cixi
Yuan Shikai
Sun Yat-sen
Mao Tse Tung
Chiang Kai-shek
Lin Biao
Liu Shaoqi
Chou Enlai
Deng Xiaoping
Jiang Zemin
Jiang Qing
Park Chung Hee
Kim Il Sung
Kim Il Jong
Hirohito
Hideki Tojo
Yamamoto
Ho Chi Minh
Le Duc Tho
These are the ones that come to mind. I would love to read your responses and if you have any names to add, I would welcome those as well.
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Biographies
09/19/2006 01:08 PM
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Biographies
Regarding your request for any book that one might recommend. A professor of mine once recommended that I read Mao Tse Tung Biography written by Eric Chow.
Chow, Eric. Mao Tse-tung: The Man and the Myth. New York, Stein and Day, 1980. 289 p.
Book call no.: 92 M296cb
My professor stated that it is an easy and good read. Hope the info helps.
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