<p>Chairman Mao and his "paper tigers".</p><br><p>Join us on Patreon for more episodes at www.patreon.com/atomichobo </p><br><p>I quote a lot of good books in this episode, so here is a list:</p><p><br></p><h4>Tombstone: The Untold Story of Mao's Great Famine by Yang Jisheng</h4><h4>Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62, by Frank Dikotter</h4><h4>The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy by Lawrence Freedman</h4><h4>The Cold War: A World History by Odd Arne Westad</h4><h4>The Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis</h4><p><br></p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>