Reddit reviews The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957
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> "spot the spy"
None of this is new.
>How many ‘bandits’ and ‘secret agents’ were still threatening to overthrow the communist regime in October 1950? Quite a few according to the propaganda machine, relentlessly pumping out dark warnings of sabotage and subversion by hidden spies and fifth columnists. Paranoia was intrinsic to the regime, which lived in fear of its own shadow. The party had long developed a habit of blaming every setback on real or imagined enemies. Behind every poisoned well or granarythat went up in flames lurked a spy or landlord. Every act of resistance by ordinary farmers – and there were many – was seen as proof of counter-revolution. Tension was also deliberately cultivated to keep people on edge and justify ever more intrusive forms of policing.
>seriously, buy this fucking book already
>It's, like, 10 bucks
>here, i'll make it easy
>https://www.amazon.com/Tragedy-Liberation-History-Revolution-1945-1957-ebook/dp/B00CIR97UC/ref=sr_1_1
>--The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Communist Revolution 1945–1957
Insatiable thirst for hunny..
If you're genuinely interested, though I think this would be a good place to start. Or maybe jump straight into Dikotter's book on the Cultural Revolution. China seems to be regressing, for sure--Xi's cultivated a cult of personality around himself unmatched by any leader since Mao.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CIR97UC/
If you're at all interested in recent Chinese history.