UC Davis Mao or Deng PRC Successful Leaders Paper

In your essay, use the assigned readings to make your argument. You can reference the textbook, but you will be primarily evaluated on your use of the assigned readings. You cannot use outside readings, and will be marked down if you do. You can, though it is not required, use readings from our sourcebook that were not assigned for class. The sources could only be from the books provided.

Question: Was Mao or Deng the PRC’s most successful leader? Support your answer with specifics, and define what success means in this instance. Your essay should consider both leaders, and their failures as well as achievements.