The Tiananmen Square massacre
By: Kelly Barth, book editor.
Contributors: Barth, Kelly.
Series: At issue in history
Publisher: Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: China -- History -- Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989; China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-119) and index.
Table of contents: title: Roots of the massacre; title: Chinese government's opposition to reform; title: Reforms were impossible under communism; title: Deng Xiaoping condemns the Tiananamen; title: Tiananmen protesters' declaration of a hunger strike; title: Older Chinese leaders favored martial law; title: Crackdown; title: Bloodbath reported in the square; title: Soldiers, not protesters, were victims of violence; title: Many reports of the massacre were distorted; title: Survivors describe their ordeal; title: Legacy of Tiananmen; title: Chinese political reform at a crossroads; title: Political corruption could lead to another Tiananmen; title: Massacre has emboldened many more Chinese.