The Cultural Revolution: A Captivating Guide to a Decade-Long Upheaval in China Unleashed by Mao Zedong to Preserve Chinese Communism

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Cultural Revolution then keep reading...The Cultural Revolution known in full as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution was launched by Mao Zedong the chairman of the Communist Party of China as a means of quashing capitalism in China. He wanted to ensure that the desire for a communist government would remain strong in the country long after his death. Like other previous leaders who attempted to continue to rule after their death his attempt did not work out quite the way he had planned.Over the course of a decade from the summer of 1966 to 1976 Mao Zedong implemented a number of changes that have led him to be known as one of the most brutal tyrants of the modern age. It is estimated that between 500000 to two million Chinese people although numbers can go as high as twenty million died as a direct result of Zedongs Cultural Revolution. It also resulted in millions of people being imprisoned displaced and tortured in an attempt to cement Mao Zedongs reputation as the leader of the communist world.In The Cultural Revolution: A Captivating Guide to a Decade-Long Upheaval in China Unleashed by Mao Zedong to Preserve Chinese Communism you will discover topics such asMao Zedongs Early Life Rise to Power and the Government Upheaval That Changed China during the First Half of the 20th CenturyThe Suspicion Behind the United FaceThe Five-Year Plan the Great Leap Forward and the Events Leading to the Cultural Revolutionfighting the Capitalism of the WestThe Introduction of RevolutionThe Red GuardsJuly 20th IncidentBorder Clashes with the Communist SovietsLin Biao - The Successor and OpponentHealth Issues and Slipping Grip on the RevolutionThe 10th Congress and the Shifting of PowerMass Killings in China and Devastation in Northern ChinaEnd of the Cultural RevolutionLasting EffectsAnd much much more!So if you want to learn more about the Cultural Revolution scroll up and click the add to cart button!