The Culture of Power: The Lin Biao Incident in the Cultural Revolution

by Qiu Jin

Book Overview

In 1971, Lin Biao, Mao Zedong's closest comrade-in-arms and chosen successor, was killed in a mysterious plane crash in Mongolia. This book challenges the official explanation that Lin was fleeing to the Soviet Union after an unsuccessful coup attempt.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804735298
• ISBN13: 9780804735292
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"