The Tiananmen Papers (Paperback)

An expose of the inner workings of the Chinese government and the crackdown on the Tiananmen Square riots. On the night of June 3-4, 1989, Chinese troops violently crushed the largest pro-democracy demonstrations in the history of the communist regime. In this collection of hundreds of internal government and Communist Party documents, secretly smuggled out of China, we learn how these events came to pass from behind the scenes. The material reveals how the most important decisions were made; and how the turmoil split the ruling elite into radically opposed factions. The book includes the minutes of the crucial meetings at which the Elders decided to cashier the pro-reform Party secretary Zhao Ziyang and to replace him with Jiang Zemin, to declare martial law, and finally to send the troops to drive the students from the Square. Just as the Pentagon Papers laid bare the secret American decision making behind the Vietnam War and changed forever our view of the nation's political leaders, so too has The Tiananmen Papers altered our perception of how and why the events of June 4 took the shape they did.

General

Imprint:	PublicAffairs,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2002
First published:	May 2002
Authors:	Andrew Nathan • Liang Zhang • Orville Schell • Perry Link
Dimensions:	231 x 154 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	580
ISBN-13:	978-1-58648-122-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	1-58648-122-3
Barcode:	9781586481223

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