An unprecedented groundbreaking history of china s great famine that recasts the era of mao zedong and the history of the people s republic of china between 1958 and 1962 china descended into hell mao zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the great leap forward an attempt to catch up to and overtake britain in less than fifteen years the experiment ended in the greatest catastrophe the country had ever known destroying tens of millions of lives. Maos great famine the history of chinas most devastating catastrophe 1958 62 peoples trilogy 1 amazonde dikotter frank fremdsprachige bucher. Maos great famine the history of chinas most devastating catastrophe 1958 62 is a 2010 book by professor and historian frank dikotter about the great famine of 1958 1962 in the peoples republic of china under mao zedong 1893 1976. Frank dikotter maos great famine the history of chinas most devastating catastrophe 1958 62 londres berlin new york bloomsbury 2010 lucien bianco translation n jayaram 1 frank dikotters work appearing half a century after the most murderous year 1960 will henceforth be the leading