MOUNTAIN OF SKULLS, OCEAN OF BLOOD: MAO'S CHINA AS THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF DEATHRJ Rummel, the noted scholar
of genocide and murder by government, h
as retabulated the totals for democide for The People's Republic of China under " The Geat Helmsman"
Mao ZeDong: 77, 000,000 Dead This total is twice as large as all combat deaths for
the Russian and Mexican Revolutions,WWII, Korean and Vietnam wars combined. It may exceed
all combat deaths in the 20th century and puts the maniacally genocidal exertions of
Hitler ( 20,946,000) and
Stalin (61,911,000) in the shade. (All figures here are Professor Rummel's). Only
Pol Pot, in the percentage of population category, approaches Mao in sheer savagery and bloodlust. As Professor Rummel commented:
"Now, my overall totals for world democide 1900-1999 must also be changed. I have estimated it to be 174,000,000 murdered, of which communist regimes murdered about 148,000,000. Also, compare this to combat dead. Communists overall have murdered four times those killed in combat, while globally the democide toll was over six times that number. Let freedom ring. "Somewhere, Mao's academic and journalistic apologists in the West are enjoying a comfortable retirement.