Tombstone
The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962
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Narrated by:
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Nancy Wu
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The much-anticipated definitive account of China's Great Famine
An estimated 36 million Chinese men, women, and children starved to death during China's Great Leap Forward in the late 1950s and early '60s. One of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century, the famine is poorly understood, and in China is still euphemistically referred to as "the three years of natural disaster".
As a journalist with privileged access to official and unofficial sources, Yang Jisheng spent 20 years piecing together the events that led to mass nationwide starvation, including the death of his own father. Finding no natural causes, Yang attributes responsibility for the deaths to China's totalitarian system and the refusal of officials at every level to value human life over ideology and self-interest.
Tombstone is a testament to inhumanity and occasional heroism that pits collective memory against the historical amnesia imposed by those in power.
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- Winston T.
- 2022-09-04
Exceptional
Very good information. A must read for anyone with an appreciation for history. An overlooked footnote in history.
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