The Tiananmen Papers
The Chinese Leadership's Decision to Use Force Against Their Own People - In Their Own Words
$49.42
- Paperback
736 pages
- Release Date
10 February 2002
Summary
THE TIANANMEN PAPERS, which contains documents unearthed from the guarded core of the Chinese Politburo, is the most important book on China published in decades. It reveals the highest-level processes of decision-making during the tumultuous events surrounding the terrible massacre in Tiananmen Square on 4 June 1989.
Drawn from about 2,000 documents, THE TIANANMEN PAPERS have been compiled and edited as part of an extraordinary collaboration between America’s most prominent China sch…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349114699 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349114692 |
| Author: | Andrew Nathan, Perry Link, Liang Zhang |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 736 |
| Release Date: | 10 February 2002 |
| Weight: | 510g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 163mm x 37mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Thanks to these documents, we can read the words of the Party bosses, angry and baffled… Today many Chinese officials blandly deny that there was a massacre at all. These documents, however, prove it all. - John Simpson, BBC’s World Affairs Editor
Fascinating. - SUNDAY TELEGRAPHThe significance and rarity of the book and its potential value to researchers can hardly be overstated. - OBSERVERThe most valuable political book I read was THE TIANANMEN PAPERS, which gives an extraordinary insight into the old regime’s ruthless stand against the freedom campaigners in Beijing in 1989. - GUARDIANAbout The Author
Andrew Nathan
Andrew Nathan is Professor of Politics at Columbia University and the author of numerous books including CHINA’S TRANSITION. Perry Link is Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Princeton University.
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