Title: Deng Xiaoping : the man who made modern China /
Authors: Dillon, Michael, 1949-
Year: 2015
Subjects: Deng, Xiaoping,; Politicians China Biography; Biographies.; Chefs de gouvernement.; Hommes d'Etat.; China Politics and government; China Economic policy; Chine.
Abstract: Annotation
Contents: Favoured son of Sichuan: growing up in Paifang (1904-20) -- À la recherche du Deng perdu: the roots of Chinese Communism in provincial France after World War I (1920-6) -- Moscow and the Chinese Revolution (1926-31) -- Soidier and Communist: triumph over adversity in Jiangxi (1931-4) -- Revolution and resistance: the Long March, Yan'an and the Taihang Mountains (1934-45) -- Civer War and the new China (1945-9) -- Liberating Sichuan and ruling from Chongqing (1949-52) -- Beijing and Zhongnanhai (1952-6) -- Campaign againist rightists and intellectuals (1956-7) -- The Great Leap Forward, confrontation at Lushan and the Sino-Soviet split (1958-61) -- Rebuilding the economy (1962-5) -- Capitalist Roader Number 2 (1966-73) -- Return from the cowshed (1973-5) -- Running China (January 1975) -- Attaining power (1976-8) -- Economic reform and opening to the world (1978-9) -- Retreating to advance: from the Gang of Four to the Democracy movement (1980-92) -- Southern tour and the Deng legacy (1992-7) -- Appendix: Key personalities in Deng Xiaoping's political career.