Robert Elegant

American writer (1928–2023)

Robert Sampson Elegant (born March 7, 1928) is a British-American author and journalist. He was born in New York City. He spent many years in Asia as a journalist. He covered both the Korean and the Vietnam Wars.

  • Elegant, Robert S. (1951). China's red masters : political biographies of the Chinese Communist leaders. Twayne.[1]
  • The Dragon's Seed, St. Martin's (1959)
  • The Center of the World, Doubleday (1964) (revised edition by Funk in 1968)
  • Mao's Great Revolution, World Publishing (1971)
  • China's Red Masters: Political Biographies of the Chinese Communist Leaders, Greenwood Press (1971) (First reprint)
  • Mao vs. Chiang: The Battle for China, Grosset & Dunlap (1972)
  • The Great Cities: Hong Kong, Time-Life (1977)
  • Pacific Destiny: Inside Asia Today, Crown (1990)
  • Elegant, Robert (May 1996). "People's China : the third epoch". China. Quadrant. 40 (5): 19–25.[2]

References

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  1. Published in the UK as China's red leaders (Bodley Head).
  2. This is an updated version of an article that first appeared in the National Review.