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Great Blunders in History: Mao's Great Leap Forward by The History Channel |
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Great Blunders in History: Mao's Great Leap Forward
Publisher: A & E Television Networks
Author: The History Channel
Audio lenght: 21 min.
Obsessed with the need to modernize China, Mao Tse-tung attempted to quadruple China's steel production by moving 100 million peasants from working the land to working the furnaces. Because there were no raw materials, they were forced to melt down every available metal object. This disastrous plan led to the deaths of some 30 million people from starvation.
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