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Aimee wrote: >Then came Kai-shek v. Mao and a war with Japan. >A century of bloodshed caused by outside influence. Bah. I don't think it's going out on a limb to lay responsibility for a vastly enormous amount of bloodshed squarely at the feet of Mao and Madame Mao personally-- there's no blaming the West for what happens when ruthless people with a vengeful streak seize power. Read Ross Terrill's "Madame Mao: the White- Boned Demon" if you'd like some vivid (horrifying) examples of how personality drove policy during the Cultural Revolution. It also makes powerful statement about why giving up on the idea of constitutional democracy is a bad, bad idea. There but for the grace of the Founders, go we. ~Faustine. *** There is no history--only biography. - --Ralph Waldo Emerson. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPsdk version 1.7.1 (C) 1997-1999 Network Associates, Inc. and its affiliated companies. (Diffie-Helman/DSS-only version) iQA/AwUBPHK7XPg5Tuca7bfvEQICIgCgzNb0RNTQlRa2WV13JEXWCT2TleAAnRr1 XOD9wVCnXGyId1Uhsw1beh2I =htXm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
