| Description |
xiii, 693 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [611]-658) and index. |
| Contents |
The first salvos -- The seige 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 standof the old guard -- The Wuhan incident -- The May 16 conspiracy -- The end of the red guards -- Cleanings the class ranks -- Dispatching Lie 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 day of chairman Mao. |
| Subject |
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.
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| Added Author |
Schoenhals, Michael.
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| ISBN |
0674023323 alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780674023321 |
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