{"product_id":"frank-dikoetter-red-dawn-over-china-2026","title":"Frank Dikoetter: Red Dawn Over China [2026]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eHIGHLIGHT FOR 2026 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most important reappraisal of modern China to appear in years' PETER FRANKOPAN, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silk Roads \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Earth Transformed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom renowned, prize-winning historian Frank Dikoetter - 'the historian of China' (\u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e) - a commanding new history of China's path to Communism, brought to the people at the barrel of a gun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe history of modern China has long been portrayed as a tale of Communists fighting in the hills for freedom, gradually gaining popular support by taking land from the rich and giving it to the poor. Drawing on a wealth of archival evidence, \u003ci\u003eRed Dawn Over China\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how unlikely the Party's victory actually was, had it not been for financial and military support from the Soviet Union.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEstablished in 1921 under the direct guidance of Moscow, for the best part of a decade the Communist Party left a trail of destruction, besieging towns and plundering the countryside. When the Communists managed to hold territory, they reduced the villagers to a state of servitude, undermining belief in their cause as well as the local economy. By 1936 they had the same popular appeal as an obscure religious sect. A brutal war of occupation by Japan allowed them to survive far behind enemy lines. After Soviet troops invaded Manchuria in 1945 and provided more money and munitions, the Communists at long last prevailed through a pitiless war of attrition, driven by an unflinching will to conquer at all costs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this riveting tale told with great narrative verve, Frank Dikoetter reveals how thirteen delegates gathered in a dusty room in 1921 ended up raising the red flag over the Forbidden City in 1949, forever altering the course of history for a quarter of humanity and shaping the world as we know it today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Frank Dikoetter and the \u003ci\u003ePeople's Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Harrowing and brilliant' \u003cb\u003eBen Macintyre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gripping and masterful' \u003cb\u003eSimon Sebag Montefiore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the few books that anyone who wants to understand the twentieth century simply must read' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dikoetter, Frank","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":53307328233811,"sku":"XV81526670700","price":22.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"New","offer_id":53307074642259,"sku":"9781526670700","price":35.71,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/dikoetter-frank-frank-dikoetter-red-dawn-over-china-2026-1228440314.jpg?v=1774123809","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/frank-dikoetter-red-dawn-over-china-2026","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}