Ok, after reading a review of a crackpot book on this week's Nepali Times, I am tempted to reccomend two more books. Mao: A Life, by Philip Short Mao Ze Dong, by Jonathan Spence That Nepali Times reviewer of Mao's new biography should be careful in checking his facts before writing review(s). http://www.nepalnews.com.np/ntimes/issue257/review_2.htm