RE: Name that MWiF counter - 28
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 9:30 pm
I believe there is some dispute as to whether Mao was the cause of the great famines. There was a horrendous drought during that time as well. Unfortunetly, this issue is so political that it may well be impossible to debate because one can attack sources as being freindly to a leftist or rightist ideology. I would consider not including such information in the game.
Perhaps of interest: http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/books ... quhar.html
Against this must be measured his megalomania and his political ruthlessness which led to the deaths of tens of millions of Chinese during poorly planned social (the ‘Cultural Revolution’ ) and economic (the ‘Great Leap Forward’) experiments.(499)
Perhaps of interest: http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/books ... quhar.html
Against this must be measured his megalomania and his political ruthlessness which led to the deaths of tens of millions of Chinese during poorly planned social (the ‘Cultural Revolution’ ) and economic (the ‘Great Leap Forward’) experiments.(499)