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The braking mechanism in Mao-era politics : actions by military leaders after 1958 / Gao Jia.

This book offers a compelling re-examination of Mao Zedong's political authority, giving readers a clear understanding and full picture of Mao, the politics of his era, and the political life of the CCP.

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Main Author Gao, Jia
EditionFirst edition.
Place, Publisher, Year Abingdon, Oxon ; : Routledge , 2026
Pages1 online resource (297 pages)
ISBN1-04-061833-2
1-003-67225-6
1-04-055533-0
9781003672258
LanguageEnglish
Additional InformationCover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Intraparty Mechanisms Obscured by Mao's Profile -- Powers from the Barrel of a Gun -- Theoretical Starting Points -- Studies of CCP Politics -- Scholarship on China's Party-Army Relations -- Studies of Mao and His Leadership -- Towards a New Perspective -- Organisation of This Book -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Intervening in the Rural Collectivisation -- Mao's Defiance of Warnings from Civilian Leaders -- Peng's Criticism of the Economic Fanaticism -- The Advent of Economic Pragmatism within the CCP -- Mao in a Lose-Lose Situation after Lushan -- Notes -- Chapter 3: A Showdown with Mao in February 1967 -- The World Is Being Turned Upside Down -- The January Storm after Mao's Call to Seize Power -- Heated Quarrels over the Seizing-Power Push -- Mao's Quiet Compromise with Old Comrades -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The Armed Remonstrance in Wuhan -- Further Spread of Power-Seizure Activities -- Wuhan Plunged into Bitter Factional Rivalries -- Mao's Quiet Reflection after His Near-Miss Incident -- New Cracks while Stabilising the PLA -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Lin Biao and the End of Maoism -- The Ninth Congress as a Turning Point -- Open Cracks from Lin's Order No. 1 Onwards -- Another Showdown at Lushan in 1970 -- Lin's Fleeing and the End of Mao's Egotism -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Picking Up the Pieces after Mao -- Mao's Lingering Egocentrism and the Gang of Four -- Power Must Not Fall into Their Hands -- The Arrest of the Gang of Four -- Military as a Mechanism in Mao-Era Politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Series TitlePolitics in Asia Series