LEADER 03745nam 22006133 450 001 9910984631903321 005 20221206080224.0 010 $a9781503635234 010 $a1503635236 024 7 $a10.1515/9781503635234 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30281322 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30281322 035 $a(CKB)25552184600041 035 $a(DE-B1597)650609 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781503635234 035 $a(OCoLC)1374540092 035 $a(OCoLC)1354208309 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925552184600041 100 $a20221206d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCivil War in Guangxi $eThe Cultural Revolution on China's Southern Periphery 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aPiraí :$cStanford University Press,$d2023. 210 4$d©2023. 215 $a1 online resource (260 pages) 311 08$a9781503634671 311 08$a1503634671 311 08$a9781503635227 311 08$a1503635228 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations and Tables -- $tAuthor?s Statement -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPrologue -- $t1. Puzzles -- $t2. Origins -- $t3. Spread -- $t4. Stalemate -- $t5. Escalation -- $t6. Suppression -- $t7. Narratives -- $t8. Analysis -- $tEpilogue -- $tAppendix. The Sources and Data Set -- $tChronology -- $tGlossary of Names -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aGuangxi, 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. 606 $aInsurgency$zChina$zGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMassacres$zChina$zGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitical violence$zChina$zGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aHISTORY / Asia / China$2bisacsh 607 $aGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China)$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aChina$xHistory$yCultural Revolution, 1966-1976 615 0$aInsurgency$xHistory 615 0$aMassacres$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical violence$xHistory 615 7$aHISTORY / Asia / China. 676 $a951.2/805 700 $aWalder$b Andrew G$0120131 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910984631903321 996 $aCivil War in Guangxi$94333490 997 $aUNINA