These events may have happened in our history, but we are still feeling the effects unconsciously and consciously now. China is often in the news with regards to family size, family structure, parenting, eugenics, and birth control. These could be evidence of past cultural atrocities. This is a graphic yet necessary read. There is a cultural fascination with men who come to power such as Mao Zedong or Adolf Hitler. It is useful to know what kind people these men were and understand their rise to power. Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it. This book was enlightening about communism and Chinese culture. American culture in general turns its nose up to communism. We are instilled to hate communism and fight communism from spreading to our country. Hungry Ghosts offers an...

Survivors of his regime speak directly about their experiences. Highly classified documents are used support their accounts. This book is vivid, haunting, and informational. More than anything, it leaves the reader with a sense that these kind of monsters who come into power and destroy in their own names -- they are all the same. This could have happened anywhere as much as the chance that Mao Zedong was born and took over China. Citizens must show more care, effort, and depth when choosing national leadership. Crimes against humanity such as the ones Mao Zedong committed are too frequent around the world and in human history.