Bloodworth, Dennis. The messiah and the mandarins : Mao Tsetung and the ironies of power / Dennis Bloodworth. - 1st ed. - New York : Atheneum, 1982. - xvi, 331 p. ; 24 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 311-316. ISBN: 0689112971 Subjects--Personal Names: Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976. Subjects--Geographic Terms: China--Politics and government--1949-1976. Dewey Class. No.: 951.05