In Quelling the People , Timothy Brook offers the first detailed and objective reconstruction of the actions of the People's Liberation Army on the night of the Beijing Massacre, as well as the events of the weeks leading up to the massacre. Brook goes behind the scenes, interviewing dozens of eyewitnesses, reviewing Chinese and foreign press reports, collecting unofficial hospital reports, and working from over a hundred students documents smuggled out of Beijing University. What he discovers is something very different ...
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In Quelling the People , Timothy Brook offers the first detailed and objective reconstruction of the actions of the People's Liberation Army on the night of the Beijing Massacre, as well as the events of the weeks leading up to the massacre. Brook goes behind the scenes, interviewing dozens of eyewitnesses, reviewing Chinese and foreign press reports, collecting unofficial hospital reports, and working from over a hundred students documents smuggled out of Beijing University. What he discovers is something very different from the official story. He finds that the soldiers killed two to three thousand people, as opposed to the reported hundreds. He reveals that the soldiers, armed with combat weapons, were not trained to handle civilian opposition, and had little strategy except to open fire on the crowds. Brook also looks into the Chinese government's extensive propaganda campaign, and its attempts to create an illusion of normalcy and unity in China. Filled with vivid, personal accounts of both participants and observers, Quelling the People not only sets the record straight as to what really happened at Tiananmen Square, but also takes a provocative look into the Chinese mind.
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Good. An Ex-Library Hardback with dust jacket, officially withdrawn, usual library stamps and markings. Light sunning to spine. In good/v. good condition throughout. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 44C*
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Used; Very Good. Used; Very Good. 17-G-21 Oxford University Press 1992 Hardcover. Text is clean and unmarked. Jacket has light wear and is in a mylar protective cover. Book Condition; Very Good Jacket Condition; Very Good. 1992. HARDCOVER.
