Friday, October 12, 2007

Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung)

Mao Tse-Tung, leader of China's Communists, addresses some of his followers, 12/06/1944Title: Mao Tse-Tung, leader of China's Communists, addresses some of his followers, 12/06/1944. ARC Identifier: 196235

Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 ( Most Recent) Type of Archival Materials: Photographs and other Graphic Materials. Level of Description: Item from Collection FDR-PHOCO: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962
Location: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (NLFDR), 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538-1999 PHONE: 845-486-7770, FAX: 845-486-1147, EMAIL: roosevelt.library@nara.gov Production Date: 12/06/1944. Part of: Series: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962

Part of: Series: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962
Access Restrictions: Unrestricted, Use Restrictions: Unrestricted, Variant Control Number(s): NAIL Control Number: NLR-PHOCO-A-65386(53)

Copy 1 Copy Status: Preservation-Reproduction-Reference, Storage Facility: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (Hyde Park, NY), Media Media Type: Photographic Print, Index Terms. Subjects Represented in the Archival Material. World War, 1939-1945, China

Mao Zedong, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mao Zedong, Mao Tse-tung; December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976) was a Chinese military and political leader, who led the Communist Party of China (CPC) to victory against the Kuomintang (KMT) in the Chinese Civil War, and was the leader of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.

Regarded as one of the most important figures in modern world history, Mao is still a controversial figure today, over thirty years after his death. He is held in high regard in China where he is often portrayed as a great revolutionary and strategist who eventually defeated Chiang Kai-shek in the Chinese Civil War, and transformed the country into a major power through his Maoist policies. However, many of Mao's socio-political programs such as the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution are blamed by critics from both within and outside China for causing severe damage to the culture, society, economy and foreign relations of China, as well as enormous and unnecessary loss of lives, a peacetime death toll in the tens of millions.

Although still officially venerated in China, his influence has been largely overshadowed by the political and economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping and other leaders since his death. Mao is also recognized as a poet and calligrapher

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