Lee Feigon

Lee Feigon
Born	Lee Feigon
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Occupations	Historian, Sinologist
Known for	Mao: A Reinterpretation

Lee Feigon is an American historian who specialized in the study of 20th-century Chinese history.

In 2002 he published Mao: A Reinterpretation , that sought to highlight what Feigon saw as some positive aspects of Mao Zedong's political leadership (although remaining critical of it). He subsequently used that book as a basis for a documentary, The Passion of the Mao.

He has written for such U.S. publications as The Wall Street Journal , Barron's , The Nation , The Chicago Tribune , The Atlantic , and The Boston Globe .

Title	Year	Publisher	ISBN
China Rising: The Meaning of Tiananmen	1990	Ivan R. Dee	978-0929587301
Chen Duxiu: Founder of the Chinese Communist Party	1992	Princeton University Press	978-0691053936
Demystifying Tibet: Unlocking the Secrets of the Land of the Snows	1995	Ivan R. Dee	978-1566630894
Mao: A Reinterpretation	2002	Ivan R. Dee	978-1566635226

External links

• Entry at The Huffington Post.
• Entry at The Council of Independent Colleges