Maos Last Revolution MacFarquhar Roderick
Maos Last Revolution MacFarquhar Roderick 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. But…
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Maos Last Revolution MacFarquhar Roderick
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. But during the Cultural Revolution, in a move unprecedented in any communist country, Mao unleashed the Red Guards against the party. Before 1966, China was a typical communist state, with a command economy and a powerful party able to keep the population under control.
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). Tens of thousands of officials were humiliated, tortured, and even killed. In often horrifying detail, they document the Hobbesian state that ensued.
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