| Description |
xxiv, 876 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [751]-849) and index. |
| Contents |
From revolutionary to builder to reformer, 1904-1969 -- Banishment and return, 1969-1974 -- Bringing order under Mao, 1974-1975 -- Looking forward under Mao, 1975 -- Sidelined as the Mao era ends, 1976 -- Return under Hua, 1977-1978 -- Three turning points, 1978 -- Setting the limits of freedom, 1978-1979 -- The Soviet-Vietnamese threat, 1978-1979 -- Opening to Japan, 1978 -- Opening to the United States, 1978-1979 -- Launching the Deng administration, 1979-1980 -- Deng's art of governing -- Experiments in Guangdong and Fujian, 1979-1984 -- Economic readjustment and rural reform, 1978-1982 -- Accelerating economic growth and opening, 1982-1989 -- One country, two systems: Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Tibet -- The military: preparing for modernization -- The ebb and flow of politics -- Beijing spring, April 15-May 17, 1989 -- The Tiananmen tragedy, May 17-June 4, 1989 -- Standing firm, 1989-1992 -- Deng's finale: the southern journey, 1992 -- China transformed. |
| Summary |
If you want to understand China today, you must understand Deng Xiaoping (1904-97). Mao Tse-tung's death in 1976 left in its wake historic achievement and historic tragedy. "We are all to blame," said Deng, who had joined the Communist Party in the 1920s and was Mao's trusted helper in such disasters as the Great Leap Forward of the late 1950s. Deng shared Mao's ambition to make China a strong nation under party leadership, but he cannily built an unassailable position within the party to take it in new directions. Vogel interviewed dozens of leaders and China experts, as well as Deng's family, did exhaustive documentary research, and mines the scholarly literature to analyze Deng's initial success in building China's economy and international position, frustration in the 1989 Tiananmen massacre, and ultimate legacy. |
| Subject |
Deng, Xiaoping, 1904-1997.
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Heads of state -- China -- Biography.
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China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002.
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| ISBN |
9780674055445 |
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0674055446 |
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