The Battle for China's Past: Mao and the Cultural Revolution: 277 pages. An interesting book which deals mainly with the capitalist and imperialist smears of Mao as a blood-thirsty repressive fanatic. It disproves many of the baseless smears written and propagated against Mao and the Chinese communists during his time, as well as portraying the Cultural Revolution in a clear light, without exaggerations or smears. Also attacks the path that China took after the death of Mao, i.e. brutal capitalism with some elements of a welfare state.