{"product_id":"the-man-who-stayed-behind-paperback","title":"The Man Who Stayed Behind - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSidney Rittenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Stayed Behind\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003eBoth a memoir and a documentary history of the Chinese revolution from 1949 through the Cultural Revolution, \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Stayed Behind\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e[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\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSidney Rittenberg is President of Rittenberg Associates, Incorporated--a China consulting firm. He resides on Fox Island, Washington, with his wife, Yulin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmanda Bennett is Managing Editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Oregonian\u003c\/i\u003e in Portland, Oregon and former Bureau Chief of the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003ein Atlanta.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.2 x 6.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722410496063,"sku":"9780822326670","price":77.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6226ab0694321129292539bea489b435.webp?v=1765095665","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-man-who-stayed-behind-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}