Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. The First Salvos

2. The Siege of Beijing

3. Confusion on Campuses

4. The Fifty Days

5. Mao's New Successor

6. The Red Guards

7. Red Terror

8. Confusion Nationwide

9. Shanghai's "January Storm"

10. Seizing Power

11. The Last Stand of the Old Guard

12. The Wuhan Incident

13. The May 16 Conspiracy

14. The End of the Red Guards

15. Cleansing the Class Ranks

16. Dispatching Liu Shaoqi

17. The Congress of Victors

18. War Scares

19. The Defection and Death of Lin Biao

20. Mao Becalmed

21. Zhou under Pressure

22. Deng Xiaoping Takes Over

23. The Gang of Four Emerges

24. The Tiananmen Incident of 1976

25. The Last Days of Chairman Mao

Conclusion

Glossary of Names and Identities

A Note on Sources

Notes

Bibliography

Illustration Credits

Index