The Cultural Revolution (2016)
The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962–1976 is a book by University of Hong Kong historian Frank Dikötter. It is the third book in a trilogy about the history of China under Mao Zedong, based on newly opened government archives, particularly on previously classified party documents from secret police reports and unexpurgated versions of leadership speeches, as well as on interviews and memoirs. Dikötter's first book in the series, Mao's Great Famine, covered the period of the Great Leap Forward, whereas The Tragedy of Liberation examines the establishment and first decade of the People's Republic of China.
- Published
- 2016
- Pages
- 396
