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The Cultural Revolution was a watershed event in the history of the People’sRepublic 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 apowerful party able to keep the population under control. But during theCultural Revolution, in a move unprecedented in any communist country, Maounleashed the Red Guards against the party. Tens of thousands of officialswere humiliated, tortured, and even killed. Order had to be restored by themilitary, whose methods were often equally brutal.In a masterly book, Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals explain whyMao launched the Cultural Revolution, and show his Machiavellian role inmasterminding it (which Chinese publications conceal). In often horrifyingdetail, they document the Hobbesian state that ensued. The movement veered outof control and terror paralyzed the country. Power struggles raged among LinBiao, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Qing—Mao’s wife and leader of theGang of Four—while Mao often played one against the other.After Mao’s death, in reaction to the killing and the chaos, Deng Xiaoping ledChina into a reform era in which capita

Who reads Mao's Last Revolution?

Author

MacFarquhar, Roderick & Schoenhals, Michael

Publisher

Belknap Press; Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674023321

Category

history

Subjects

Political Science, Science, Fiction

Rating

4.02 / 5 (205 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13