03745nam 22006133 450 991098463190332120221206080224.09781503635234150363523610.1515/9781503635234(MiAaPQ)EBC30281322(Au-PeEL)EBL30281322(CKB)25552184600041(DE-B1597)650609(DE-B1597)9781503635234(OCoLC)1374540092(OCoLC)1354208309(EXLCZ)992555218460004120221206d2023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCivil War in Guangxi The Cultural Revolution on China's Southern Periphery1st ed.Piraí :Stanford University Press,2023.©2023.1 online resource (260 pages)9781503634671 1503634671 9781503635227 1503635228 Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Author’s Statement -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Puzzles -- 2. Origins -- 3. Spread -- 4. Stalemate -- 5. Escalation -- 6. Suppression -- 7. Narratives -- 8. Analysis -- Epilogue -- Appendix. The Sources and Data Set -- Chronology -- Glossary of Names -- Notes -- References -- IndexGuangxi, a region on China's southern border with Vietnam, has a large population of ethnic minorities and a history of rebellion and intergroup conflict. In the summer of 1968, during the high tide of the Cultural Revolution, it became notorious as the site of the most severe and extensive violence observed anywhere in China during that period of upheaval. Several cities saw urban combat resembling civil war, while waves of mass killings in rural communities generated enormous death tolls. More than one hundred thousand died in a few short months. These events have been chronicled in sensational accounts that include horrific descriptions of gruesome murders, sexual violence, and even cannibalism. Only recently have scholars tried to explain why Guangxi was so much more violent than other regions. With evidence from a vast collection of classified materials compiled during an investigation by the Chinese government in the 1980s, this book reconsiders explanations that draw parallels with ethnic cleansing in Rwanda, Bosnia, and other settings. It reveals mass killings as the byproduct of an intense top-down mobilization of rural militia against a stubborn factional insurgency, resembling brutal counterinsurgency campaigns in a variety of settings. Moving methodically through the evidence, Andrew Walder provides a groundbreaking new analysis of one the most shocking chapters of the Cultural Revolution.InsurgencyChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu ZizhiquHistory20th centuryMassacresChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu ZizhiquHistory20th centuryPolitical violenceChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu ZizhiquHistory20th centuryHISTORY / Asia / ChinabisacshGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China)Politics and government20th centuryChinaHistoryCultural Revolution, 1966-1976InsurgencyHistoryMassacresHistoryPolitical violenceHistoryHISTORY / Asia / China.951.2/805Walder Andrew G120131MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910984631903321Civil War in Guangxi4333490UNINA