The men who have shaped history - Napoleon, Genghis Khan, et al - all had vision, endless energy, and indomitable will. We mere mortals like to believe they were two-dimensional overachievers. Had they felt, laughed, and cried as we do, they would have been far too busy being human to have been demigods. CCTV shows about Mao bolster this fallacy; all his character does is stroll about purposefully, calmly spouting wisdom.
But a read through Quan Yanchi's MAO ZEDONG: Man, Not God, proves that the Great Helmsman was as multi-faceted as any one of us "normal" humans.
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