Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity by Dikötter, Frank
Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity by Dikötter, Frank

Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity

A Financial Times and Foreign Policy Most Anticipated Book of 2026 A Barnes & Noble Reads Best...
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Author: Frank Dikötter
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Language: English
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Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity by Dikötter, Frank

Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity

$2,388.00
Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity by Dikötter, Frank

Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity

$2,388.00
Author: Frank Dikötter
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A Financial Times and Foreign Policy Most Anticipated Book of 2026

A Barnes & Noble Reads Best Book of February 2026

From renowned, prize-winning historian Frank Dikötter, a commanding new history of China's path to Communism.

The 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, Red Dawn Over China reveals how unlikely the Party's victory actually was, had it not been for financial and military support from the Soviet Union.

Established 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.

In this riveting tale told with great narrative verve, Frank Dikötter 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.

Author: Frank Dikötter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 02/24/2026
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.41w x 1.34d
ISBN: 9781639733972


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2026

About the Author
Frank Dikötter is the Milias Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is also Chair Professor of Humanities at the University of Hong Kong. His books have changed the way historians view China, from the classic The Discourse of Race in Modern China to his award-winning People's Trilogy documenting the lives of ordinary people under Mao. He lives in Palo Alto, California.
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