by Michael Schoenhals (Author), Michael Schoenhals (Author), Roderick MacFarquhar (Author)
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.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 752
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 04 Mar 2008
ISBN 10: 0674027485
ISBN 13: 9780674027480