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Publisher

University of Hawaii Press

Year

1996

eBook ISBN

9780824865313

Edition

Topic

History

Subtopic

World History

Index

History

Contents
Translator’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Preface to the Revised Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction: The Genesis of the Cultural Revolution
PART ONE: The “Need for More Personality Cult”
Chapter 1: Criticizing Hai Rui Dismissed from Office
Chapter 2: The Struggle around the Question of the Work Groups
Chapter 3: The Rise of the Red Guards and the Cult of the Individual
Chapter 4: “Declaring War on the Old World”
Chapter 5: Nationwide Networking
Chapter 6: “Bombarding the Command Post”
Chapter 7: Currents of Boycott and Resistance
Chapter 8: From “Down with Tao Zhu” to Retaliating against the February Adverse Current
Chapter 9: Drowning amidst Struggles
Chapter 10: The Last Days of Liu Shaoqi
PART TWO: The Rise and Fall of Lin Biao
Chapter 11: A Shortcut to the Peak of Power
Chapter 12: Eliminating Opponents of the Peak Theory
Chapter 13: Climbing the Leadership Ladder
Chapter 14: The Frenzy of False Accusations and Persecutions
Chapter 15: Shackling, Attacking, and Oppressing the People
Chapter 16: Lin Biao’s Rein on the Armed Forces
Chapter 17: The Lushan Conference [1970]
Chapter 18: The United Flotilla and the 5–7–1 Project
Chapter 19: The Failure of the Lin Biao Coup
Chapter 20: The September 13 Incident and Death of Lin Biao
PART THREE: Jiang Qing and the Politics of the Cultural Revolution
Chapter 21: New Life Created by the Cultural Revolution
Chapter 22: Special Cases, Forced Confessions, Fabricated Proof
Chapter 23: Erasing the Stains of the 1930s
Chapter 24: Escalation of Armed Struggle
Chapter 25: Arts Criticism and the “Revolution of Beijing Opera”
Chapter 26: The September 13 Incident and the “Trough”
Chapter 27: “Criticize Lin Biao, Confucius, and the Duke of Zhou”
Chapter 28: Deng Xiaoping’s Overall Rectification
Chapter 29: The Tiananmen Square Incident [1976]
Chapter 30: The Downfall of the Gang of Four
Concluding Remarks
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Selected Further Readings
Index

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