Quelling the People

Quelling the People The Military Suppression of the Beijing Democracy Movement

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Publisher's Synopsis

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?

Book information

ISBN: 9780804736381
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Imprint: Stanford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 951.058
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 269
Weight: 450g
Height: 153mm
Width: 228mm
Spine width: 20mm