Author: Jean Chesneaux
Publisher: Pantheon
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 392
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Frank Dikötter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2013-09-24
Total Pages: 503
ISBN-13: 162040348X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A groundbreaking chronicle of the violent early years of the People's Republic of China, by the author of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize–winning Mao's Great Famine. “The Chinese Communist party refers to its victory in 1949 as a 'liberation.' In China the story of liberation and the revolution that followed is not one of peace, liberty, and justice. It is first and foremost a story of calculated terror and systematic violence.” So begins Frank Dikötter's stunning and revelatory chronicle of Mao Zedong's ascension and campaign to transform the Chinese into what the party called New People. Following the defeat of Chiang Kai-shek in 1949, after a bloody civil war, Mao hoisted the red flag over Beijing's Forbidden City, and the world watched as the Communist revolution began to wash away the old order. Due to the secrecy surrounding the country's records, little has been known before now about the eight years that followed, preceding the massive famine and Great Leap Forward. Drawing on hundreds of previously classified documents, secret police reports, unexpurgated versions of leadership speeches, eyewitness accounts of those who survived, and more, The Tragedy of Liberation bears witness to a shocking, largely untold history. Interweaving stories of ordinary citizens with tales of the brutal politics of Mao's court, Frank Dikötter illuminates those who shaped the “liberation” and the horrific policies they implemented in the name of progress. People of all walks of life were caught up in the tragedy that unfolded, and whether or not they supported the revolution, all of them were asked to write confessions, denounce their friends, and answer queries about their political reliability. One victim of thought reform called it a “carefully cultivated Auschwitz of the mind.” Told with great narrative sweep, The Tragedy of Liberation is a powerful and important document giving voice at last to the millions who were lost, and casting new light on the foundations of one of the most powerful regimes of the twenty-first century.
Author: W. S. K. Waung
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 198
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: K. S. Liew
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2022-02-25
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 0520331613
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.
Author: Jundu Xue
Publisher: Joint Publishing, Company, Limited (Hong Kong)
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 260
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Wu Yuzhang
Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
Published: 2001-08
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 089875531X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Revolution of 1911 was the revolution which overthrew the feudal system of monarchy in China. Wu Yuzhang was a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and personally took part in this revolution.In this book he puts down his own fighting experience, and analyses the revolution with keen insight and the aid of a rich fund of material. His answers to the following questions are especially instructive: Why did the revolution break out? What were the causes of its achievements and eventual failure? What part did the people play in this revolution? This book will help the reader to have a deeper understanding of this momentous revolution in China's history.
Author: Jean Chesneaux
Publisher: Hassocks : Harvester Press
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 442
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