Physical Description
xxviii, 505 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Contents
The Origin of the Massacre. The River of Death ; My Destiny with Daoxian ; Daoxian on the Eve of the Massacre (The August 5 county seize-and-push meeting ; The August 8 gun-snatching incident) ; The Random Killings Begin (First blood at the Xiaba production brigade ; Xique Zhengjia sparks off the massacre)
Assembling the Machinery of Slaughter. The Killing Wind Spreads through Administrative Lines ; Qingtang District and the Rise of the Peasant Supreme Courts (In the hometown of the philosopher ; The rise of the peasant supreme courts ; A commune Communist Party secretary's story) ; The Red Alliance Role in the Killing Wind (Establishment of the Yingjiang Frontline Command Post ; The August 21 Yingjiang reporting meeting ; The Yingjiang Political and Legal Work Conference)
Chetou and Shangguan Districts : Murder as Spectacle. Chetou District's Model Killings (The real story of Chetou District's "landlord and rich-peasant insurrection" ; Blood-soaked Meihua ; An advanced commune encounters a new challenge) ; Shangguan District : in the Eye of the Storm (Shangguan Commune's on-the-spot killing rallies ; Killing turncoats as well as landlords) ; Other Communes in Shangguan District (Dongmen Commune : Graffiti on a cottage wall ; The killings at Wanjiazhuang Commune ; The unbearable lightness of Futang Commune)
Gongba District, the County's Top Killer. A Dubious Honor (One day in Yanhetang) ; The Killings at Daoxian's Deadliest Commune (Interview with the Butcher of Gongba Commune) ; Some Who Got Away ; Death before Marriage
Qingxi District's PAFD Commander. High-Level Participation in Qingxi District (The Great Leap brigade's killing sputnik ; Killings approved by the county organization department head) ; When the Pebble Rises from the Water
Xianglinpu District's Militia Push. The Shangdu Militia Headquarters (The pressure to stay in the lead) ; Even Heaven Wept ; Two Classic Cases ; The Banality of Evil ("The tough job is left to me" ; A brigade secretary's story ; Whatever the Communist Party says)
Deadly Politics. A Little Education Is a Dangerous Thing (The legend of Widow's Bridge ; If you loved the Communist Party, would the party kill you?) ; The Price of Truth (The destruction of two Rightist families ; Death of a "little Peng Dehuai") ; The Scapegoated Landlord Class
The Killers. Beyond the Pale (The "big rice pot" ; Between humans and beasts) ; Brainwashed (The Communist Party secretary who killed a poor-peasant association chairman ; Duty before family ; The iron maiden of Daoxian)
The Outliers. The Anomalous Xianzijiao District (Qiaotou Commune's mass-killing rally ; The last victim) ; The Zhenggangtou Phenomenon ; The Miracle of Life ; The Story of an Execution Ground Survivor
The Crackdown. The 6950 Unit Arrives in Daoxian (The hard task of halting the killing) ; No Regrets (An interview with Revolutionary Alliance leader Liu Xiangxi ; An interview with Red Alliance leader He Xia) ; The Petitioners (Master petitioner Li Niande ; A mansion and a family's fate ; Rise of a master petitioner) ; Change of Plans (A drinking mishap) ; Killings in the Counties and Cities Surrounding Daoxian
The End of the Killing Wind. Huang Yida and the Fall of the Red Alliance (Midnight run to the provincial capital ; Hua Guofeng's directive ; The September 23 Tragedy ; The exposure study sessions) ; Reversals (In prison ; Heaven's unfathomable will)
Afterword : Living for Truth
Appendix I : Basic Statistics on the Victims of the Daoxian Cultural Revolution Killings
Appendix II : Official Culpability in Daoxian's Killing Wind.
The origin of the massacre. The river of death
My destiny with Daoxian
Daoxian on the eve of the massacre
The random killings begin
Assembling the machinery of slaughter. The Killing Wind spreads through administrative lines
Qingtang District and the rise of the peasant supreme courts
The Red Alliance role in the Killing Wind
Chetou and Shangguan Districts : murder as spectacle. Chetou District's model killings
Shangguan District : in the eye of the storm
Other communes in Shangguan District
Gongba District, the county's top killer. A dubious honor
The killings at Daoxian's deadliest commune
Some who got away
Death before marriage
Qingxi District's PAFD commander. High-level participation in Qingxi District
When the pebble rises from the water
Xianglinpu District's militia push. The Shangdu Militia headquarters
Even heaven wept
Two classic cases
The banality of evil
Deadly politics. A little education Is a dangerous thing
The price of truth
The scapegoated landlord class
The killers. Beyond the pale
Brainwashed
The Outliers. The anomalous Xianzijiao District
The Zhenggangtou phenomenon
The miracle of life
The story of an execution ground survivor
The crackdown. The 6950 Unit arrives in Daoxian
No regrets
The petitioners
Change of plans
Killings in the counties and cities surrounding Daoxian
The end of the Killing Wind. Huang Yida and the fall of the Red Alliance
Reversals
Afterword : living for truth
Appendix I : Basic statistics on the victims of the Daoxian Cultural Revolution killings
Appendix II : official culpability in Daoxian's Killing Wind.
Other Authors/Editors
Mosher, Stacy, translator.
Guo, Jian, 1953- translator.
ISBN
9780190622527
0190622520
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-487) and index.
The Origin of the Massacre. The River of Death ; My Destiny with Daoxian ; Daoxian on the Eve of the Massacre (The August 5 county seize-and-push meeting ; The August 8 gun-snatching incident) ; The Random Killings Begin (First blood at the Xiaba production brigade ; Xique Zhengjia sparks off the massacre) -- Assembling the Machinery of Slaughter. The Killing Wind Spreads through Administrative Lines ; Qingtang District and the Rise of the Peasant Supreme Courts (In the hometown of the philosopher ; The rise of the peasant supreme courts ; A commune Communist Party secretary's story) ; The Red Alliance Role in the Killing Wind (Establishment of the Yingjiang Frontline Command Post ; The August 21 Yingjiang reporting meeting ; The Yingjiang Political and Legal Work Conference) -- Chetou and Shangguan Districts : Murder as Spectacle. Chetou District's Model Killings (The real story of Chetou District's "landlord and rich-peasant insurrection" ; Blood-soaked Meihua ; An advanced commune encounters a new challenge) ; Shangguan District : in the Eye of the Storm (Shangguan Commune's on-the-spot killing rallies ; Killing turncoats as well as landlords) ; Other Communes in Shangguan District (Dongmen Commune : Graffiti on a cottage wall ; The killings at Wanjiazhuang Commune ; The unbearable lightness of Futang Commune) -- Gongba District, the County's Top Killer. A Dubious Honor (One day in Yanhetang) ; The Killings at Daoxian's Deadliest Commune (Interview with the Butcher of Gongba Commune) ; Some Who Got Away ; Death before Marriage -- Qingxi District's PAFD Commander. High-Level Participation in Qingxi District (The Great Leap brigade's killing sputnik ; Killings approved by the county organization department head) ; When the Pebble Rises from the Water -- Xianglinpu District's Militia Push. The Shangdu Militia Headquarters (The pressure to stay in the lead) ; Even Heaven Wept ; Two Classic Cases ; The Banality of Evil ("The tough job is left to me" ; A brigade secretary's story ; Whatever the Communist Party says) -- Deadly Politics. A Little Education Is a Dangerous Thing (The legend of Widow's Bridge ; If you loved the Communist Party, would the party kill you?) ; The Price of Truth (The destruction of two Rightist families ; Death of a "little Peng Dehuai") ; The Scapegoated Landlord Class -- The Killers. Beyond the Pale (The "big rice pot" ; Between humans and beasts) ; Brainwashed (The Communist Party secretary who killed a poor-peasant association chairman ; Duty before family ; The iron maiden of Daoxian) -- The Outliers. The Anomalous Xianzijiao District (Qiaotou Commune's mass-killing rally ; The last victim) ; The Zhenggangtou Phenomenon ; The Miracle of Life ; The Story of an Execution Ground Survivor -- The Crackdown. The 6950 Unit Arrives in Daoxian (The hard task of halting the killing) ; No Regrets (An interview with Revolutionary Alliance leader Liu Xiangxi ; An interview with Red Alliance leader He Xia) ; The Petitioners (Master petitioner Li Niande ; A mansion and a family's fate ; Rise of a master petitioner) ; Change of Plans (A drinking mishap) ; Killings in the Counties and Cities Surrounding Daoxian -- The End of the Killing Wind. Huang Yida and the Fall of the Red Alliance (Midnight run to the provincial capital ; Hua Guofeng's directive ; The September 23 Tragedy ; The exposure study sessions) ; Reversals (In prison ; Heaven's unfathomable will) -- Afterword : Living for Truth -- Appendix I : Basic Statistics on the Victims of the Daoxian Cultural Revolution Killings -- Appendix II : Official Culpability in Daoxian's Killing Wind.
The origin of the massacre. The river of death -- My destiny with Daoxian -- Daoxian on the eve of the massacre -- The random killings begin -- Assembling the machinery of slaughter. The Killing Wind spreads through administrative lines -- Qingtang District and the rise of the peasant supreme courts -- The Red Alliance role in the Killing Wind -- Chetou and Shangguan Districts : murder as spectacle. Chetou District's model killings -- Shangguan District : in the eye of the storm -- Other communes in Shangguan District -- Gongba District, the county's top killer. A dubious honor -- The killings at Daoxian's deadliest commune -- Some who got away -- Death before marriage -- Qingxi District's PAFD commander. High-level participation in Qingxi District -- When the pebble rises from the water -- Xianglinpu District's militia push. The Shangdu Militia headquarters -- Even heaven wept -- Two classic cases -- The banality of evil -- Deadly politics. A little education Is a dangerous thing -- The price of truth -- The scapegoated landlord class -- The killers. Beyond the pale --Brainwashed -- The Outliers. The anomalous Xianzijiao District -- The Zhenggangtou phenomenon -- The miracle of life -- The story of an execution ground survivor -- The crackdown. The 6950 Unit arrives in Daoxian -- No regrets -- The petitioners -- Change of plans --Killings in the counties and cities surrounding Daoxian -- The end of the Killing Wind. Huang Yida and the fall of the Red Alliance -- Reversals -- Afterword : living for truth -- Appendix I : Basic statistics on the victims of the Daoxian Cultural Revolution killings -- Appendix II : official culpability in Daoxian's Killing Wind.
Translated from the Chinese.