CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION “Soul of the Nation” 1
4. 1 Born to the Revolution 12
5. 2 Basking in the Light of Mao Zedong 34
6. 3 Winning the Wars, Securing Power 60
7. 4 Growing Doubts 97
8. 5 Into the Maelstrom 132
9. 6 Cultural Revolutions 169
10. 7 Bringing Order out of Chaos 215
11. 8 The Making of a Reformer 272
12. 9 Deng’s Wrath and Hu’s Fall 317
13. 10 Hu Yaobang and the Fate of Reform 355
14. NOTE ON ARCHIVAL SOURCE 390
15. NOTES 391
16. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 465
17. INDEX 467