Agents of Disorder

Why did the Chinese Communist Party state collapse so rapidly during the Cultural Revolution? Consulting over 2,000 local annals chronicling some 34,000 revolutionary episodes across China, Andrew Walder offers a new answer, showing how the army, brought in to quiet brewing rebellions, escalated the violence that took nearly 1.6 million lives.

De ce statul Partidului Comunist Chinez s-a prabusit atat de repede in timpul Revolutiei Culturale? Consultand peste 2.000 de analele locale care relateaza aproximativ 34.000 de episoade revolutionare in toata China, Andrew Walder ofera un nou raspuns, aratand cum armata, adusa la rebeliuni linistite, a escaladat violenta care a luat aproape 1,6 milioane de vieti.