Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World (Audiobook)

from wildbill

Nixon and Mao audiobook. This book was written by the author of Paris 1919 which I enjoyed very much. It is the story of Nixon's first visit with Mao. That was quite an event at the time and did mark America's acceptance in 1972 of the victory of the Chinese Communists in 1949. I remember before ...

from jrgoetziii

Fashionable these days is to jump around in times with lofty style and grandiloquence which leaves the reader thinking that the author is smart. This should have been a great subject and an easy read; I think MacMillan screwed up in how she approached the topic, and as a reader it was very diffic...

from justindtapp

the author provides all the necessary background information--mini biographies of all the key players involved, the historical context, a brief history of U.S. involvements in East Asia (namely Korea, Vietnam, and the support of Taiwan), a brief history of Communist China under Mao, stories of Ki...

from justindtapp

the author provides all the necessary background information--mini biographies of all the key players involved, the historical context, a brief history of U.S. involvements in East Asia (namely Korea, Vietnam, and the support of Taiwan), a brief history of Communist China under Mao, stories of Ki...

from datrappert

Lots of fascinating behind-the-scenes details here about the planning and events that led up to Richard Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972. However, the book is marred by its extremely non-chronological story telling. MacMillan wants to pass it off as the story of Nixon and Mao, when really i...