The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited - Louisa Lim

Descriere The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited - Louisa Lim

\nFinalist for the 2015 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism \nLonglisted for the Lionel Gelber Award for the Best Non-Fiction book in the world on Foreign Affairs \n \nAn Economist Book of the Year, 2014 \n \nA New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice \n \nOne of the best analyses of the impact of Tiananmen throughout China in the years since 1989. --The New York Times Book Review \n \nOn June 4, 1989, People's Liberation Army soldiers opened fire on unarmed civilians in Beijing, killing untold hundreds of people. A quarter-century later, this defining event remains buried in China's modern history, successfully expunged from collective memory. In The People's Republic of Amnesia, \nLouisa Lim charts how the events of June 4th changed China, and how China changed the events of June 4th by rewriting its own history. \n \nLim reveals new details about those fateful days, including how one of the country's most senior politicians lost a family member to an army bullet, as well as the inside story of the young soldiers sent to clear Tiananmen Square. She also introduces us to individuals whose lives were transformed by \nthe events of Tiananmen Square, such as a founder of the Tiananmen Mothers, whose son was shot by martial law troops; and one of the most important government officials in the country, who post-Tiananmen became one of its most prominent dissidents. And she examines how June 4th shaped China's \nnational identity, fostering a generation of young nationalists, who know little and care less about 1989. For the first time, Lim uncovers the details of a brutal crackdown in a second Chinese city that until now has been a near-perfect case study in the state's ability to rewrite history, excising \nthe most painful episodes. By tracking down eyewitnesses, discovering US diplomatic cables, and combing through official Chinese records, Lim offers the first account of a story that has remained untold for a quarter of a century. The People's Republic of Amnesia is an original, powerfully gripping, \nand ultimately unforgettable book about a national tragedy and an unhealed wound. \n\n

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Oxford University Press, Usa

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9780190227913

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