UID:
almafu_9959243725002883
Format:
1 online resource (752 p. )
,
57 halftones
ISBN:
0-674-04041-4
Content:
"Explains why Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, and shows his Machiavellian role in masterminding it. This book documents the Hobbesian state that ensued. Power struggles raged among Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Qing - Mao's wife and leader of the Gang of Four - while Mao often played one against the other". -- Publisher.
Note:
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 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.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674040410
