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Anyone interested in the future of the People’s Republic of China should first study its past. Reading Red Dawn Over China is the best way to start -- H. R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty

Anyone interested in the future of the People’s Republic of China should first study its past. Reading Red Dawn Over China is the best way to start. Frank Dikötter has opened up the real story of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) origin. Extraordinary access to primary sources and the author’s unparalleled analytical skill allowed him to debunk the CCP’s myths and contrived version of history that help sustain its repressive regime to this day -- H. R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty

Frank Dikötter has rewritten the early history of the Chinese Communist Party from the ground up. Drawing on archival materials long thought inaccessible, he strips away decades of myth to reveal a story of improvisation, violence and opportunism. Written with precision and verve, Red Dawn Over China is the most important reappraisal of modern China to appear in years -- PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads and The Earth Transformed Anyone interested in the future of the People’s Republic of China should first study its past. Reading Red Dawn Over China is the best way to start -- H. R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty

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Frank Dikötter lives in Palo Alto, California, where he is the Milias Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is also Chair Professor of Humanities at the University of Hong Kong. His books have changed the way historians view China, from the classic The Discourse of Race in Modern China to his award-winning People's Trilogy documenting the lives of ordinary people under Mao.

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