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Title: the long march by H. Salisbury
Review: The book is very disapointing as MR.S. did not know the Chinese language and produced in printing a lot of names which interpreters fed him with, but not many facts.The book's aim it seems me, is to please Chinese as an "official version" for the West, put the blame on Moscow advisors, omitt the purges in which thousands of communists were executed and in turn receive for this free government hospitality in China.Author gives a short mention about the battle of Xiang River. During this battle only 50.000 of communist were involved and 15.000 were killedd and 30.000 deserted!Recomend : buy The Long March by Sun Shuyn ISBN 0 07 054471 9 and you will discover that from 86.000 comunist which started, only 4.000 arrived in Shanxi and of Mao's 4 Red Army 20.400 were killed and only 400 arrived & survived in Gansu. This seems that interpreters forget to mention and Mr.S. played an ignoramus. George.
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