I recently read Domenico Losurdo’s “Stalin: History and Critique of a Black legend” which was very useful in contextualising and framing my thoughts on the man and his contributions to soviet history.

I am now wondering if I can find a similar work on Mao Zedong, which similarly goes in depth into the Chinese revolution and the early PRC under his leadership. This occurred after I realised I didn’t have the same level of knowledge on Mao as I had on Stalin before reading Losurdo, and am now looking for more.

In short, I am looking for works ‘reassessing’ the role of Mao in Chinese history from a marxist perspective. Indirectly related suggestions are also welcome.