Maurice Meisner

Maurice Jerome Meisner (November 17, 1931 – January 23, 2012) was an American sinologist and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He studied the Chinese Communist Revolution and the People's Republic and held a strong interest in socialist ideology, Marxism, and Maoism in particular. He authored a number of books including ''Mao's China: A History of the People's Republic'' which became a standard academic text for scholars in the field. Provided by Wikipedia