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050 00 $aDS778.7$b.J56 1999
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100 1 $aJin, Qiu,$d1956-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98105190
245 14 $aThe culture of power :$bthe Lin Biao incident in the Cultural Revolution /$cJin Qiu.
260 $aStanford, CA :$bStanford University Press,$c[1999], ©1999.
300 $axiii, 279 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tForeword /$rElizabeth J. Perry --$g1.$tIntroduction --$g2.$tMao Zedong and Theories of the Cultural Revolution --$g3.$tChinese Gerontocracy and the Cultural Revolution --$g4.$tLin Biao and the Cultural Revolution --$g5.$tThe Conflict Between Power Groups --$g6.$tFamilies in Chinese Politics --$g7.$tThe Lin Biao Incident --$g8.$tConclusion: The Tragedy of Lin Biao.
520 1 $a"On the night of September 12-13, 1971, Lin Biao, Mao Zedong's officially recognized closest comrade-in-arms and chosen successor, was killed in a mysterious plane crash in Mongolia. The Chinese government did not issue an announcement of Lin's death, and it became generally known only in the summer of 1972, when the official explanation stated that Lin had masterminded plans for a coup d'etat and the assassination of Mao, and died fleeing to the Soviet Union after both plans had failed.
520 8 $aBut no convincing proof was offered to substantiate these claims, and the Lin Biao incident has remained an unsolved mystery."--BOOK JACKET.
520 8 $a"The author brings unique credentials to her reexamination of the incident. She is the daughter of the former commander-in-chief of the Chinese air force, who served under Lin and, along with thousands of others, was imprisoned as a result of the purges that followed Lin's death.
520 8 $aFor this book, she has drawn upon her father's unpublished memoirs, interviews with former high government officials and their families, and her own experience and acquaintances among the government's elite families, as well as an abundance of newly available documents. The book reexplores three key questions surrounding the Lin Biao incident: Why would Lin, the brilliant architect of pivotal victories in the Civil War who had been doggedly loyal to Mao for decades, suddenly attempt an ill-conceived coup? Why, when the alleged coup failed, would he defect to the Soviet Union?
520 8 $aAnd why and how did Lin's plane crash?"--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aChina$xHistory$yCultural Revolution, 1966-1976.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024126
600 10 $aLin, Biao,$d1908-1971.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50062077
651 0 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y1949-1976.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024173
852 00 $beal$hDS778.7$i.J56 1999
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