Myth and Mass Murder - The Life of Mao Tse-tung. It was not the well-being of his people that Mao Tse-tung, the Great Chairman of the People's Republic of China, cared about. It was not even the communist ideology, although he aimed for its global victory. The motive behind Mao's actions was solely and always his absolute will to power. Whether on a personal, national, or international level - his hunger for power was boundless. Mao Tse-tung did not achieve all, but many of his goals, and China paid dearly for it: with the lives of 70 million people. Following their bestseller "Wild Swans," Jung Chang presents "Mao," the groundbreaking biography of the man who managed to elevate himself to the sole ruler over hundreds of millions of people. Years of archival research and countless conversations with eyewitnesses - with politicians in the East and West.