MixedIndia TodayNonetheless, the link drawn between Maoism as an ideology and the revolutionary movements in her case studies—except, to an extent, in the case of the African continent or Cambodia—is tenuous ... However, she has introduced considerable context for the relationships between China and Vietnam, Cambodia etc. In the case of India too, Lovell, like many scholars, errs in describing left-wing extremism as drawing inspiration from Maoism ... The distinction between communism and Maoism gets obfuscated ... Lovell\'s book nevertheless shows how Mao contributed significantly to communism and left his indelible imprimatur on the world.
