The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-76 by Frank Dikötter

The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-76

People's Trilogy #3

Frank Dikötter

432 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
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After the economic disaster of the Great Leap Forward that claimed tens of millions of lives from 1958–1962, an aging Mao Zedong launched an ambitious scheme to shore up his reputation and eliminate those he viewed as a threat to his legacy. The s...

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