A 1980 Soviet work. Scanned by Ismail, sent to him by Nathan O'Connor.

From inside the book cover: "This is a socio-psychological study of Mao Tse-tung, who was at the head of the Communist Party of China for forty years and ruled China's destinies for twenty-five. The author has used a vast array of information characterising the main episodes of Mao Tse-tung's career. Mao's own writings and pronouncements, reminiscences of political personalities and publicists who met him, and researches of Soviet and Western sociologists into the history of the CPC and present-day China. The reader is given an insight into the basic aspects of the ideological and power struggle over the heritage of Mao Zedong.