Choosing Revolution

Helen Praeger Young is a visiting scholar in the center for East Asian studies at Stanford University.

"Young has both enriched and altered our views of the Long March by presenting the experiences and memories of women who participated in this epic yet deeply human event. . . . In examining the lives of these women, we ourselves come to have a richer, more human, and more believable understanding of the Long March. Highly recommended."--Lyman P. Van Slyke, author of Yangtze: Nature, History, and the River