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A Maoist in the White House

October 16, 2009 - 11:35 am - by Roger Kimball
Tom DeGisi
2009-10-16 15:31:41

To 27. Michael:

Today on the radio I heard about a biography of Mao that I’d like to read. It’s a biography that shows that Edgar Snow was a dupe. Snow, like Dunn, idolized Mao. He passed along to American readers whatever false information Mao wanted passed along. This means he was Mao’s Walter Duranty, and he was a principle reason Americans were deceived about Mao.

A biography of Mao which shows him as the monster he was would be a very good thing to read.

Yours,
Tom DeGisi