Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Map x
4. 1 THE PARTY’S INTERESTS COME FIRST 1
5. PART I THE PARTY’S “FOOTHOLD” The Shaanxi Years
6. 2 THE YOUNG WANDERER 13
7. 3 WHO SAVED WHOM? 28
8. 4 THE YAN’AN ERA 45
9. 5 LOVE AND REVOLUTION 69
10. 6 WAR ON THE NATIONALISTS AND THE PEASANTS 82
11. PART II BUILDING THE NEW REGIME
12. 7 KING OF THE NORTHWEST 99
13. 8 “POLITICAL MEANS, WITH MILITARY FORCE AS A SUPPLEMENT” 107
14. 9 IDEOLOGY AND POWER POLITICS IN THE BEIJING OF THE EARLY PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC 123
15. 10 THE PERILS OF INTIMACY AT HOME AND ABROAD 136
16. 11 “MILITARY SUPPRESSION COMBINED WITH POLITICAL STRUGGLE” 153
17. 12 HOME LIFE IN THE CAPITAL 174
18. PART III CATASTROPHE
19. 13 THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD 185
20. 14 LIU ZHIDAN 208
21. 15 THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION 219
22. 16 THE XI FAMILY SLOWLY REBUILDS 241
23. PART IV THE PARTY’S “LAUNCHPAD”
24. 17 FACING THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION 255
25. 18 BLAZING A BLOODY TRAIL 271
26. 19 OPENING TO THE WEST 287
27. PART V TRYING TO SAVE THE REVOLUTION
28. 20 A NEW ORDER AT THE SECRETARIAT AND THE NATIONAL PEOPLE’S CONGRESS 303
29. 21 PRINCELING POLITICS 323
30. 22 THE UNITED FRONT RESTORED AND RESTRAINED 350
31. 23 A NEW ERA IN ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS 367
32. 24 “THINGS WERE GOING SO WELL!” 396
33. 25 XI AND THE FATE OF GLOBAL COMMUNISM 411
34. PART VI CATASTROPHE AGAIN
35. 26 “IT IS NECESSARY TO ALSO HAVE A SPIRITUAL CIVILIZATION” 433
36. 27 THE DEEP WATERS OF ZHONGNANHAI 468
37. 28 TIANANMEN SQUARE 488
38. 29 THE FINAL YEARS 515
39. 30 FATHERS AND SONS 532
40. Acknowledgments 547
41. Abbreviations 549
42. Notes 551
43. Bibliography 635
44. Index 681