Banalizado como o "livrinho vermelho" e cognominado a "bíblia de Mao", trata-se de uma coleção de solta s citações de Mao Tsé-Tung. Tais ditados, lemas e injunções jamais são muito inteligentes ou sequer inspiradores; em sua maioria, são superficiais e mesquinhos. Definitivamente não é literatura mundial de alto coturno, mas não é desinteressante ler falas populares com as quais um ditador e assassino serial soube emocionar a sua nação e seguidores ao redor do planeta. ( )

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Ah, the twisted view of a megalomaniac. I feel for the experience of the Chinese during the invasion of the Japanese, but man did they lose again bigtime when this guy came to power.

Like a retelling of Sun Tsu's Art of War through a broken mirror, The Little Red Book is repetitive where Art of War is elegant, bloodthirsty instead of measured, and designed to further the profile of a single man instead of avoid needless suffering for those involved in war.

We are still paying the price for what Mao has done to China. ( )

This had been on my reading list for quite some time as a primary historical document; it was well worth the read. If you want to understand Modern China then this book is mandatory; if you want to understand the current cultural elements at the forefront today in the Western world then this book is also mandatory for that as well.

Pay close attention to the language used; you will find the same language, and particular interpretation of that language, currently in vogue. There is plain speaking on Mao's emphasis on ideological education via propaganda and the importance of a unified political philosophy before even standard military considerations.

On a practical note, like Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals," there are certain doctrines of action: such as frugality and discipline which yield results regardless of the end goals.

What I did find most ironic was the promotion of "persuasion and education" in opposition to coercion and use of force; these were mainly culled from writings and speeches given in the 1950s which was before the Chinese Cultural Revolution of the 1960s; it is quite clear from history how fast that principle was abandoned within a single decade.

Like Karl Marx's "Communist Manifesto" I highly recommend reading this regardless of political affiliation. China is perhaps Sparta to America's Athens and it behooves everyone to be aware of the underlying current philosophical foundation of a major world actor. ( )

O dirigente revolucionário Mao Tsé-Tung foi o artífice da nova China, surgida nos meados do séc. XX. O popularíssimo O Livro Vermelho é uma coletânea de citações do comandante Mao Tsé-Tung. Foi organizado por Lin Piao, então Ministro da Defesa de Mao .