Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

Winner, Lionel Gelber Prize, Lionel Gelber Foundation in partnership with Foreign Policy and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of TorontoFinalist, National Book Critics Circle Award in BiographyHonorable Mention, Bernard Schwartz Book Award, Asia SocietyHonorable Mention, PROSE Award in European & World History, Association of American PublishersAn Economist Best Book of the YearA Financial Times Best Book of the YearA Wall Street Journal Book of the YearA Washington Post Best Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA Bloomberg News Favorite Book of the YearAn Esquire China Book of the YearA Gates Notes Top Read of the Year Perhaps no one in the twentieth century had a greater long-term impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. And no scholar of contemporary East Asian history and culture is better qualified than Ezra Vogel to disentangle the many contradictions embodied in the life and legacy of China's boldest strategist. Once d