Quelling the People: The Military Suppression of the Beijing Democracy Movement

Timothy Brook

Published by Stanford University Press 1992

Quelling the People

The Military Suppression of the Beijing Democracy Movement

Timothy Brook

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503618893

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This is a riveting, day-by-day, hour-by-hour reconstruction of the massacre in Tiananmen Square on June 3-4, 1989, as well as of the crucial events in Beijing during the previous weeks that largely precipitated the massacre. The author focuses on the army—the People's Liberation Army—which, with its motto "Serve the People," had always prided itself on its close ties to the civilian population. What were the intentions of the Chinese government in mobilizing the army against civilians? Why did the troops act as they did, and what does this say about how the army would act on the next such occasion? How does the military suppression of the democracy movement help us to understand China's current predicament over democratization and human rights?

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Chronology Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Changing Fate (April 15-May 19) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
3. No Place Left Unguarded (May 19-23) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
4. Waiting for the Moon (May 24-June 3) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
5. Spilling Blood (June 3-4) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
6. Counting Bodies (June 4) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
7. Consequences (June 4-9) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
8. Closing the Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Afterword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
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Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 292
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- Other: 3 maps
Keywords: Asian Studies; Politics -- Asia; History -- Asian

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Published: January 21, 2022
ISBN: 9781503618893