Mao's Last Revolution

Name: Mao's Last Revolution
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ISBN: 9780674027480

ISBN-10: 0674027485

ISBN-13: 9780674027480

Edition: 2006

Authors: Roderick MacFarquhar, Michael Schoenhals

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The Cultural Revolution was a watershed event in the history of the People's Republic of China, the defining decade of half a century of communist rule. Before 1966, China was a typical communist state, with a command economy and a powerful party able to keep the population under control. But during the Cultural Revolution, in a move unprecedented in any communist country, Mao unleashed the Red Guards against the party. Tens of thousands of officials were humiliated, tortured, and even killed. Order had to be restored by the military, whose methods were often equally brutal. In a masterly book, Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals explain why Mao launched the Cultural Revolution,…

Book details

List price: $30.50
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 752
Size: 7.52" wide x 9.21" long x 1.45" tall
Weight: 2.464
Language: English

Michael Schoenhals is Professor of Chinese at Chinese Lund University, Sweden.



Preface


Abbreviations


Introduction



The First Salvos



The Siege of Beijing



Confusion on Campuses



The Fifty Days



Mao's New Successor



The Red Guards



Red Terror



Confusion Nationwide



Shanghai's "January Storm"



Seizing Power



The Last Stand of the Old Guard



The Wuhan Incident



The May 16 Conspiracy



The End of the Red Guards



Cleansing the Class Ranks



Dispatching Liu Shaoqi



The Congress of Victors



War Scares



The Defection and Death of Lin Biao



Mao Becalmed



Zhou under Pressure



Deng Xiaoping Takes Over



The Gang of Four Emerges



The Tiananmen Incident of 1976



The Last Days of Chairman Mao


Conclusion


Glossary of Names and Identities


A Note on Sources


Notes


Bibliography


Illustration Credits


Index