Jasper Becker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3647754 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jasper Becker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jasper |
| FAMILY NAME | Becker |
| SIGNATURE | BECKER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Colby College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
John Everard. Only Beautiful, Please
As the British ambassador to North Korea, John Everard had the rare experience of living there from 2006, when the DPRK conducted its first nuclear test, to 2008, just before Kim Jong Il's stroke
Tombstone
Yang Jisheng. Tombstone: The Untold Story of Mao's Great Famine . Allen Lane, London, 2012. pp. xxvi + 656. Figs. Tables. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £30. ISBN 9 7818 4614 5186 Zhou Xun (ed). The Gr
Changing Media, Changing China
Susan L. Shirk (ed). Changing Media, Changing China . Oxford University Press, New York, 2011. pp. 281. Tables. Figs. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Pb. £12.99/$19.95. ISBN 9 7801 9975 1976 China's leaders
East Asia
Rogue Regime
How combustible is the Korean crisis? Very, is the only sensible answer. In 1994, the united states came close to launching a pre-emptive strike against North Korea. Since then perhaps three million have died of starvation in the North, a disaster worse than Pol Pot’s Cambodia. North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-II is closer than ever to developing an inter-continental ballistic missile and an armoury of nuclear weapons. A perpetual merry go-round of …
Divided Korea
The Chinese
Hungry Ghosts
In the tradition of John Hersey's Hiroshima, journalist Jasper Becker's penetrating account of China's four-year famine uncovers the truth behind one of the darkest chapters in history. Hungry Ghosts is the horrific story of the state-sponsored terror, cannibalism, torture, and murder during Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward, an attempt at utopian engineering gone wrong. This is the unforgettable story of the century's greatest human rights disaste…
Hungry Ghosts
In 1984 American demographers calculated that at least 30 million people had starved to death in China between 1958 and 1962. This text aims to unravel the story behind these statistics and to describe how Mao Zedong created a man-made famine.;Mao's Great Leap Forward was the greatest example of Utopian engineering ever attempted. He tried to abolish money and property, and create the first Communist paradise on Earth. Instead, even in the riches…
Changing Media, Changing China
Susan L. Shirk (ed). Changing Media, Changing China . Oxford University Press, New York, 2011. pp. 281. Tables. Figs. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Pb. £12.99/$19.95. ISBN 9 7801 9975 1976 China's leaders
Divided Korea
Hungry Ghosts
In 1984 American demographers calculated that at least 30 million people had starved to death in China between 1958 and 1962. This text aims to unravel the story behind these statistics and to describe how Mao Zedong created a man-made famine.;Mao's Great Leap Forward was the greatest example of Utopian engineering ever attempted. He tried to abolish money and property, and create the first Communist paradise on Earth. Instead, even in the riches…
Hungry Ghosts
In the tradition of John Hersey's Hiroshima, journalist Jasper Becker's penetrating account of China's four-year famine uncovers the truth behind one of the darkest chapters in history. Hungry Ghosts is the horrific story of the state-sponsored terror, cannibalism, torture, and murder during Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward, an attempt at utopian engineering gone wrong. This is the unforgettable story of the century's greatest human rights disaste…
The Chinese
Rogue Regime
How combustible is the Korean crisis? Very, is the only sensible answer. In 1994, the united states came close to launching a pre-emptive strike against North Korea. Since then perhaps three million have died of starvation in the North, a disaster worse than Pol Pot’s Cambodia. North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-II is closer than ever to developing an inter-continental ballistic missile and an armoury of nuclear weapons. A perpetual merry go-round of …
Divided Korea
East Asia
Changing Media, Changing China
Susan L. Shirk (ed). Changing Media, Changing China . Oxford University Press, New York, 2011. pp. 281. Tables. Figs. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Pb. £12.99/$19.95. ISBN 9 7801 9975 1976 China's leaders
Tombstone
Yang Jisheng. Tombstone: The Untold Story of Mao's Great Famine . Allen Lane, London, 2012. pp. xxvi + 656. Figs. Tables. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £30. ISBN 9 7818 4614 5186 Zhou Xun (ed). The Gr
John Everard. Only Beautiful, Please
As the British ambassador to North Korea, John Everard had the rare experience of living there from 2006, when the DPRK conducted its first nuclear test, to 2008, just before Kim Jong Il's stroke
Political science (8 works) · China (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (5 works) · History (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Economic history (3 works) · Famine (3 works) · History (3 works)