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 Bücher
Harrison E. Salisbury war ein angesehener Reporter und Redakteur, dessen Karriere bei The New York Times Jahrzehnte bedeutender globaler Ereignisse umspannte. Seine frühe journalistische Arbeit legte den Grundstein für seine spätere, wirkungsvolle Berichterstattung. Salisbury ist besonders bekannt für seine aufschlussreiche Berichterstattung über die Sowjetunion während der prägenden Jahre des Kalten Krieges, eine Ära, die er mit scharfer Beobachtungsgabe meisterte. Seine Hingabe, komplexe geopolitische Landschaften zu dokumentieren, erstreckte sich auf umfangreiche Berichterstattung über Asien, einschließlich des Vietnamkriegs und der sich entwickelnden Dynamiken Chinas.
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.
