Mao's Last Revolution

Mao's Last Revolution
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 742
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ISBN-10 : 9780674040410
ISBN-13 : 0674040414
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Book Synopsis Mao's Last Revolution by : Roderick MACFARQUHAR

Download or read book Mao's Last Revolution written by Roderick MACFARQUHAR and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains why Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, and shows his Machiavellian role in masterminding it. This book documents the Hobbesian state that ensued. 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.


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