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

Lee Feigon
Born
Lee Feigon
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley,
University of Chicago,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Occupation(s)Historian, Sinologist
Known forMao: A Reinterpretation

In 2002 he published Mao: A Reinterpretation, a work of historical revisionism that sought to highlight what Feigon saw as the positive aspects of Mao Zedong's political leadership. 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.

TitleYearPublisherISBN
China Rising: The Meaning of Tiananmen1990Ivan R. Dee978-0929587301
Chen Duxiu: Founder of the Chinese Communist Party1992Princeton University Press978-0691053936
Demystifying Tibet: Unlocking the Secrets of the Land of the Snows1995Ivan R. Dee978-1566630894
Mao: A Reinterpretation2002Ivan R. Dee978-1566635226
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