Focuses on the complex relationship between these two men as part of the development of modern China - Communist takeover - Mass famine - Great Leap Forward - Cultural Revolution - Third Line - Jiang Qing - Gang of Four - Tiananmen Square.
Harrison Evans Salisbury Knihy
Harrison E. Salisbury byl dlouholetý reportér a redaktor deníku The New York Times. Již dříve v kariéře pracoval pro United Press, kam nastoupil po získání titulu B.A. na Minnesotské univerzitě v roce 1930. Svou novinářskou kariéru začal jako externí reportér pro Minneapolis Journal v letech 1928–1929. Ačkoliv během své dlouhé kariéry v deníku The New York Times zastával mnoho různých pozic a působil na mnoha místech, pan Salisbury je možná nejvíce známý svou prací moskevského korespondenta, který pokrýval SSSR v prvních letech studené války. Po působení jako vedoucí moskevské redakce deníku The New York Times v letech 1949 až 1954 se vrátil do USA a napsal sérii článků, za které v roce 1955 získal Pulitzerovu cenu. Ve svých pozdějších letech v deníku The New York Times věnoval mnoho času Asii, pokrýval vietnamskou válku i mnoho různých témat a událostí týkajících se Číny.
The destruction of the Czars which brought about the reign of revolutions from 1905–1917 in Russia looms as the crucial political event of the twentieth century. In little more than a decade the Romanov dynasty was toppled, and its time-honored institutions repudiated. How did it happen? How could Nicholas and Alexandra, the nobility, middle class anarchists—even Lenin himself—not foresee the catastrophic changes that were shaking the empire? Why could nothing be done? And why were the efforts so ineffectual? Black Night, White Snow captures the rich drama of this whole period. With the artistry of a Balzac, Harrison Salisbury exposes the strata of Russian society, with its decedents, prophetic poets, religious fanatics, and newly liberated serfs. From archival sources within the Soviet Union, interviews, and his personal photography collection, he recreates the story as it happened. Hard data on Russia's economy, a first-hand knowledge of the county, and a historian's gift of compression are combined in a fast-paced narrative that reads with the ease of a good novel and the urgency of a newspaper headline.
