This is a riveting, day-by-day, hour-by-hour reconstruction of the massacre in Tiananmen Square on June 3-4, 1989, as well as of the crucial events in Beijing during the previous weeks that largely precipitated the massacre. The author focuses on the army-the People's Liberation Army-which, with its motto "Serve the People," had always prided itself on its close ties to the civilian population. What were the intentions of the Chinese government in mobilizing the army against civilians? Why did the troops act as they did, and what does this say about how the army would act on the next such occasion? How does the military suppression of the democracy movement help us to understand China's current predicament over democratization and human rights?
| ISBN: | 9780804736381 |
| Publication date: | 1st December 1998 |
| Author: | Timothy Brook |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 269 pages |
| Genres: |
Asian history |
This is a riveting, day-by-day, hour-by-hour reconstruction of the massacre in Tiananmen Square on June 3-4, 1989, as well as of the crucial events in Beijing during the previous weeks that largely precipitated the massacre. The author focuses on the army-the People's Liberation Army-which, with its motto "Serve the People," had always prided itself on its close ties to the civilian population.
Quelling the People features in the following genres: Asian history
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Quelling the People was written by Timothy Brook and published by Stanford University Press
Quelling the People has 269 pages