Mao and the Cultural Revolution: Mao's Motivation and Strategy

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Introduction: Historical Lessons of the Cultural Revolution
	Mao Zedong and the Significance of the Cultural Revolution
	Basic Characteristics of the Cultural Revolution
	Analytical Framework
	Content and Organization
Mao Zedong’s Preparations for the Cultural Revolution
	International Background to Mao Zedong’s Class Struggle Theory
	Mao Zedong’s Basic Assessment of the Political Situation in China
	Mao Zedong’s Basic Assessment of the Economic Situation in China
	Fomenting Public Sentiment for the Launch of the Cultural Revolution
	Mao Zedong’s Political Differences with Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping
	How the Intraparty Democratic System Failed
	How China Missed Development Opportunities
The First Salvo of the Cultural Revolution
	February Outline and February Minutes
	Notice on May 16 and the First Purge of Veteran Cadres
	The Big-character Poster at Peking University and “Letter to Jiang Qing”
	The Eleventh Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the CPC and “Bombarding the Headquarters”
	The “Destroy Four Olds” Movement and Nationwide Chaos
	Criticism of the Bourgeois Counter-revolutionary Line and the Convention of the Central Work Conference in October
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