Chinese Communist Party During the Cultural Revolution - The Case of the Sixty-One Renegades

Informationen zum Autor PAMELA LUBELL is a Research Fellow at the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University, Jerusalem and teaches modern Chinese history at the Hebrew University's Department of East Asian Studies. She was a Research Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford University, 1998-1999. Klappentext In 1936 a group of Chinese communists were released from jail after a humiliating renunciation of communism. The Chinese Communist Party then secretly employed them to galvanise support in nationalist areas of the country. It later condemned the members of this group as renegades before finally rehabilitating them in 1978. Pamela Lubell uncovers the fascinating history of these communists, known as the Sixty-one, and in doing so produces a revealing account of the tensions within the Chinese Communist Party. Zusammenfassung In 1936 a group of Chinese communists were released from jail after a humiliating renunciation of communism. Pamela Lubell uncovers the fascinating history of these communists, known as the Sixty-one, and in doing so produces a revealing account of the tensions within the Chinese Communist Party. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1936: On the Eve of War and Freedom Release from the Guomindang Prison, 1936 Levers of Power: Careers 1949-66 Prison Again: The CCP Version Rehabilitating the Sixty-one A Prejudiced Conclusion Notes Appendix Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: P Lubell, P. Lubell, Pamela Lubell
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2002
• EAN: 9781349424030
• ISBN: 978-1-349-42403-0
• Pagine: 274
• Serie: St Antony's Series; St Antony's; St Antony's Series; St Antony's
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche comparate e internazionali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; China, B, History, Political Science, Asia, Political Theory, Historiography, Asian History, Political science and theory, History, Modern, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, Asian Politics, History, general, History of China, China—History, Asia—History, bibliography;communism;history;liberty