Bombard the Headquarters!, 9781760645601
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Mao’s revolution devours China: truth buried, lives shattered, legacy endures.
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Bombard the Headquarters!

the cultural revolution in china

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    128 pages

  • Release Date

    2 June 2025

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Summary

Bombard the Headquarters!: A Concise History of China’s Cultural Revolution

In 1966, with the words ‘Bombard the Headquarters!’ Mao Zedong unleashed the full, violent force of a movement that he called the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. By the time he died ten years later, millions had perished, China’s cultural heritage was in ruins, its economic state was perilous, its institutions of government were damaged and its society was bitterly divided.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781760645601
ISBN-10:1760645605
Author:Linda Jaivin
Publisher:Black Inc.
Imprint:Black Inc.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:128
Release Date:2 June 2025
Weight:130g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 12mm
About The Author

Linda Jaivin

Linda Jaivin has been studying Chinese politics, language and culture for more than forty years. She has been a foreign correspondent in China, and is co-editor of the China Story Yearbook, an associate of the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University and the author of twelve books including The Shortest History of China. Her latest book is Bombard the Headquarters!.

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