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To what extent was the Cultural Revolution a success for Mao? (It wasn'…
To what extent was the Cultural Revolution a success for Mao?
Intro
Mao's aims
Mass mobilisation
continuing revolution
Attack bureacracy
attack pragmatists
Return of Pragmatists
It was
Got rid of Liu and Deng (temporarily)
"Bombard the headquarters"
Attack on bureacracy
Nomenklatura influenced
purge Bourgeois party bureaucrats and replace them with those who were loyal to him
9/23 politburo members survived purge
70-80% of all party cadres purged
14,000 party cadres executed as traitors in Yunnan
Blooded the younger gen. who hadn't been on the Long March
Red Guards
"dare to rebel against authority"
Challenged Confucian norms
Mass rallies 1966
Continuing revolution
struggle sessions
chaos
It wasn't
Lin Biao's death damaged the integrity of party
'Up to the mountains and down to the villages' campaign 1968-70
18 million Red Guards sent to manual labour
Defeat for Mao because it was evidence that his 2nd revolution had failed
Return to power of Pragmatists, Zhou and Deng
By 1974, Deng had returned to original position of CCP party secretary
4 modernisations: establish more links with west to acquire more tech experts
failure for Mao, since he didn't like the pragmatists and wanted to separate himself from west
Arrest of Gang of Four who attempted to continue revolutionary values 1976
1973: anti-confucious campaign