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- catalog abstract "The Lin Biao affair, which saw the Minister of Defence dramatically rise to become Mao Zedong's designated successor at the start of the Cultural Revolution in 1966 and, even more dramatically, die in a plane crash while fleeing his country in September 1971, remains the least understood of all Chinese Communist Party elite conflicts of the Maoist era. Despite the pivotal importance of Lin's rise and fall in the history of contemporary China, his career has received little scholarly attention. In this pathbreaking study Frederick Teiwes and Warren Sun offer an interpretation which radically undermines the standard view of Lin Biao as an ambitious politician who manoeuvred his way to the top, adopted a radical position during the Cultural Revolution to promote his own interests, and eventually came undone by seeking to consolidate his own power and military dominance over the polity, thus leading to a vicious power struggle with Mao. They reveal Lin as someone basically uninterested in power or even politics, who was thrust into leading positions and the successor role by Mao against his wishes; who never opposed Mao politically but instead attempted to follow his wishes in every way to the extent that they could be determined; who had no policy programme, whose rare initiatives were on the side of moderation; and whose political decline was due to Mao's reaction to complex factors unconnected with either a bid by Lin for personal aggrandizement or an effort to entrench army power. In this Teiwes and Sun refute both the official Chinese verdict on Lin Biao and the prevailing Western interpretation.".
- catalog contributor b10042399.
- catalog contributor b10042400.
- catalog coverage "China History Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.".
- catalog coverage "China Politics and government 1949-1976.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. Lin Biao: The Man and his Context -- 3. Lin Biao during the Active Phase of the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1968 -- 4. Lin Biao during the Construction of the New Order, 1969-1971 -- 5. Conclusion: Western Assumptions and Chinese Realities -- Appendix: Lin Biao's Pre-Cultural Revolution Career, 1949-1965: A Critical Chronology.".
- catalog description "In this pathbreaking study Frederick Teiwes and Warren Sun offer an interpretation which radically undermines the standard view of Lin Biao as an ambitious politician who manoeuvred his way to the top, adopted a radical position during the Cultural Revolution to promote his own interests, and eventually came undone by seeking to consolidate his own power and military dominance over the polity, thus leading to a vicious power struggle with Mao.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-230) and index.".
- catalog description "The Lin Biao affair, which saw the Minister of Defence dramatically rise to become Mao Zedong's designated successor at the start of the Cultural Revolution in 1966 and, even more dramatically, die in a plane crash while fleeing his country in September 1971, remains the least understood of all Chinese Communist Party elite conflicts of the Maoist era. Despite the pivotal importance of Lin's rise and fall in the history of contemporary China, his career has received little scholarly attention.".
- catalog description "They reveal Lin as someone basically uninterested in power or even politics, who was thrust into leading positions and the successor role by Mao against his wishes; who never opposed Mao politically but instead attempted to follow his wishes in every way to the extent that they could be determined; who had no policy programme, whose rare initiatives were on the side of moderation; and whose political decline was due to Mao's reaction to complex factors unconnected with either a bid by Lin for personal aggrandizement or an effort to entrench army power. In this Teiwes and Sun refute both the official Chinese verdict on Lin Biao and the prevailing Western interpretation.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 251 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Tragedy of Lin Biao.".
- catalog identifier "0824818113 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Tragedy of Lin Biao.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press,".
- catalog relation "Tragedy of Lin Biao.".
- catalog spatial "China History Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.".
- catalog spatial "China Politics and government 1949-1976.".
- catalog subject "951.105/6 20".
- catalog subject "DS778.L4725 T38 1996".
- catalog subject "Lin, Biao, 1908-1971.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. Lin Biao: The Man and his Context -- 3. Lin Biao during the Active Phase of the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1968 -- 4. Lin Biao during the Construction of the New Order, 1969-1971 -- 5. Conclusion: Western Assumptions and Chinese Realities -- Appendix: Lin Biao's Pre-Cultural Revolution Career, 1949-1965: A Critical Chronology.".
- catalog title "The tragedy of Lin Biao : riding the tiger during the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1971 / Frederick C. Teiwes, Warren Sun.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".