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Cultural Revolution

A Captivating Guide to the Cultural Revolution and Mao Zedong

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Cultural Revolution

By: Captivating History
Narrated by: Jason Zenobia, Duke Holm
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Cultural Revolution, then pay attention...

Two captivating manuscripts in this audiobook:

  • The Cultural Revolution: A Captivating Guide to a Decade-Long Upheaval in China Unleashed by Mao Zedong to Preserve Chinese Communism
  • Mao Zedong: A Captivating Guide to the Life of a Chairman of the Communist Party of China, the Cultural Revolution and the Political Theory of Maoism

Some of the topics covered in part one of this audiobook include:

  • Mao Zedong’s Early Life, Rise to Power, and the Government Upheaval That Changed China During the First Half of the 20th Century
  • The Suspicion Behind the United Face
  • The Five-Year Plan, the Great Leap Forward, and the Events Leading to the Cultural Revolution
  • Fighting the Capitalism of the West
  • The Introduction of Revolution
  • The Red Guards
  • July 20th Incident
  • Border Clashes with the Communist Soviets
  • Lin Biao - the Successor and Opponent
  • Health Issues and Slipping Grip on the Revolution
  • The 10th Congress and the Shifting of Power
  • Mass Killings in China and Devastation in Northern China
  • End of the Cultural Revolution
  • Lasting Effects
  • And much, much more!

Some of the topics covered in part two of this audiobook include:

  • Early Life
  • Political Awakenings
  • Beijing
  • May Fourth and the New Culture Movement
  • The Communist Party of China’s Growing Pains
  • The Northern Expedition
  • Communists at Large
  • The Long March
  • The People’s Republic of China
  • The Great Leap Forward
  • The Cultural Revolution
  • What Did Maoism Stand For?
  • And much more!

So, if you want to learn more about the Cultural Revolution and Mao Zedong, scroll up and click the "buy now" button!

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It’s brief, 5 hrs and 11 mins, and fairly concise. I myself wasn’t ready to listen to the over 5 hours of audio on this subject, so in that sense, this is kind of a great audiobook - you can learn some about Mao, China, and the beginning of communism across the 20th century, but not be confused or bogged down in excessive detail.

A Man With Great Ideas.

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This audiobook was very powerful and enlightening. I would recommend it to anyone interested in Chinese and/or even American history.

A Good History Audible

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I read other versions and it had wrong letters, extra spaces, things like that. I understand that in some older books with a more modest audience, but it does not seem right for this publisher. I have to admit I would like to have seen a conclusion about the winding down of the Cultural Revolution, given its importance.

Informative and concise

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An excellent. A window into Hell. Inhumanity and confusion were arranged by Mao to solidify his power.

Fascinating and horrifying

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It is detailed and at the same time, its compression can make the sequence of events a little confusing at times - I mean, because of the ways. This came up a couple of times for me but the one I actually remember was not really following Mao's shift to a military leader. That was kind of sudden in this audiobook.

Detailed and Confusing.

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