Deng Xiaoping and the Chinese Revolution - A Political Biography (Paperback, 2nd Ed)

To the outside world Deng Xiaoping represents a contradiction - he is both China's most successful moderniser, and the "Butcher of Beijing", China's supreme leader who must take responsibility for the events surrounding Tiananmen Square in June 1989. However, Deng the politition has no such contradiction: only the Chinese Communist Party can bring modernization to China. For Deng any threat to the Communist Party is a threat to the project of China's modernization. This book attempts to understand Deng's own particular role and the sources of his political power. Deng Xiaoping was involved with the communist movement before there was even a Communitst Party of China and his entire career has been shaped by both the party and the network of relationships and people within it. The author also explores the way in which Deng has survived being purged three times via his contacts with key politicians, Zhou Enlai in Paris in the early 1920s and Mao Zedong from 1933 to the early 1960s.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	David Goodman
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	234
Edition:	2nd Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-11253-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political parties > General Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Promotions
LSN:	0-415-11253-2
Barcode:	9780415112536

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