Turbulent Decade: A History of the Cultural Revolution 9780824865313

Yan Jiaqi, one of the principal leaders of China's pro-democracy movement, and his wife, Gao Gao, a noted sociologi

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Table of contents :
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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