Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 The First Salvos 14
7. 2 The Siege of Beijing 32
8. 3 Confusion on Campuses 52
9. 4 The Fifty Days 66
10. 5 Mao’s New Successor 86
11. 6 The Red Guards 102
12. 7 Red Terror 117
13. 8 Confusion Nationwide 132
14. 9 Shanghai’s “January Storm” 155
15. 10 Seizing Power 170
16. 11 The Last Stand of the Old Guard 184
17. 12 The Wuhan Incident 199
18. 13 The May 16 Conspiracy 221
19. 14 The End of the Red Guards 239
20. 15 Cleansing the Class Ranks 253
21. 16 Dispatching Liu Shaoqi 273
22. 17 The Congress of Victors 285
23. 18 War Scares 308
24. 19 The Defection and Death of Lin Biao 324
25. 20 Mao Becalmed 337
26. 21 Zhou under Pressure 358
27. 22 Deng Xiaoping Takes Over 379
28. 23 The Gang of Four Emerges 396
29. 24 The Tiananmen Incident of 1976 413
30. 25 The Last Days of Chairman Mao 431
31. Conclusion 450
32. Glossary of Names and Identities 465
33. A Note on Sources 479
34. Notes 483
35. Bibliography 611
36. Illustration Credits 659
37. Index 661