‘Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine’ Reviewed

At The New York Review of Books, Ian Johnson reviews the new English version of Yang Jisheng’s Great Famine history, Tombstone, comparing it with other books on the subject by Zhou Xun and Frank Dikötter. The review includes a grisly summary of the famine’s causes, course and consequences ...
« Back to Article

2 Responses to ‘Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine’ Reviewed

Will says:

November 7, 2012 at 9:13 AM

This book is more detailed, more original, and more painstakingly researched than Dikötter’s. Yang Jisheng is the first place to go for a thorough account of the Great Leap Forward Famine.

Reply
C.B.M. says:

November 7, 2012 at 9:55 AM

I wish the citizens of China were told the truth about Mao. The man was evil and cared nothing about the peasants or anyone other than himself. He was responsible for the death of seventy million innocent Chinese citizens, not to mention the violence and torture he directed toward the survivors.

Reply