A documentary history based on contemporary accounts and historical examinations selected from the writings of political leaders, literary men, scholars and journalists. Among those included are Mao Tse-tung, Dean Rusk, Chou En-lai, william P. Bundy, Edgar Snow, Lin Piao, John K. Fairbank, Robert A. Scalapino, Roger Hilsman, A. Doak Barnett, Mark Gayn, Derk Bodde, Robert Litton, and James Reston