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Mao's Last Revolution (Paperback)
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The Cultural Revolution was a watershed event in the history of the
People's Republic of China, the defining decade of half a century
of communist rule. Before 1966, China was a typical communist
state, with a command economy and a powerful party able to keep the
population under control. But during the Cultural Revolution, in a
move unprecedented in any communist country, Mao unleashed the Red
Guards against the party. Tens of thousands of officials were
humiliated, tortured, and even killed. Order had to be restored by
the military, whose methods were often equally brutal. In a
masterly book, Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals explain
why Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, and show his
Machiavellian role in masterminding it (which Chinese publications
conceal). In often horrifying detail, they document the Hobbesian
state that ensued. The movement veered out of control and terror
paralyzed the country. 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. After
Mao's death, in reaction to the killing and the chaos, Deng
Xiaoping led China into a reform era in which capitalism flourishes
and the party has lost its former authority. In its invaluable
critical analysis of Chairman Mao and its brilliant portrait of a
culture in turmoil, Mao's Last Revolution offers the most
authoritative and compelling account to date of this seminal event
in the history of China.
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