"The revolution he led transformed the lives of hundreds of millions of Chinese...also took the lives of many millions."
Delia Davin
"His utopian dreams, his periodic refusal to engage with reality..." all resulted to disaster
Delia Davin
"The appeal of Maoism also was founded in widespread opposition to the socially reproduced elite, militarized, racist, and gendered dominations that shaped life in most places at that time"
Rebecca E. Karl.