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The Man Who Stayed Behind
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The Man Who Stayed Behind Paperback - 2001

by Rittenberg, Sidney

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Both a memoir and a documentary history of the Chinese revolution from 1949 through the Cultural Revolution, "The Man Who Stayed Behind" is the story of Sidney Rittenberg, an American who was sent to China by the U.S. military and who got caught in the turbulence that engulfed the country until the late 1970s. 16 photos.

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Duke University Press Books, 2001-04-03. paperback. Used: Good.
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  • Title The Man Who Stayed Behind
  • Author Rittenberg, Sidney
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Paperback ed
  • Condition Used: Good
  • Pages 496
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Duke University Press Books, Durham
  • Date 2001-04-03
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SONG0822326671
  • ISBN 9780822326670 / 0822326671
  • Weight 1.84 lbs (0.83 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.16 x 1.4 in (23.37 x 15.65 x 3.56 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, China - History - 1949-1976
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00049448
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

From the publisher

The Man Who Stayed Behind is the remarkable account of Sidney Rittenberg, an American who was sent to China by the U.S. military in the 1940s. A student activist and labor organizer who was fluent in Chinese, Rittenberg became caught up in the turbulence that engulfed China and remained there until the late 1970s. Even with access to China's highest leaders as an American communist, however, he was twice imprisoned for a total of sixteen years.
Both a memoir and a documentary history of the Chinese revolution from 1949 through the Cultural Revolution, The Man Who Stayed Behind provides a human perspective on China's efforts to build a new society. Critical of both his own mistakes and those of the Communist leadership, Rittenberg nevertheless gives an even-handed account of a country that is now free of internal war for the first time in a hundred years.

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The Man Who Stayed Behind is a romance that unfolds at several levels.

From the rear cover

"["The Man Who Stayed Behind"] reads like a riveting historical novel. But there's no fiction here . . . it's Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, the Long March, solitary confinement, despair, romance, and redemption. Sidney Rittenberg's story is a classic."--Mike Wallace, CBS-TV "60 Minutes"

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About the author

Sidney Rittenberg is President of Rittenberg Associates, Incorporated--a China consulting firm. He resides on Fox Island, Washington, with his wife, Yulin.

Amanda Bennett is Managing Editor of The Oregonian in Portland, Oregon and former Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal in Atlanta.