Cover Image

Mao's Forgotten Successor : The Political Career of Hua Guofeng /

Hua Guofeng succeeded Mao in 1976, emerging almost out of nowhere following an unexceptional career in Shanxi and Hunan. In just over two years, Hua had been eclipsed by Deng Xiaoping, a more politically shrewd, progressive and charismatic figure. If Hua's rise to power was remarkable, then thi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Weatherley, Robert (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:	Political Science and International Relations. Asian History. Asian Politics. Middle Eastern Politics. Modern History. Political Science. Political Theory. History, Modern. Political science. Asia > History. Asia > Politics and government. Middle East > Politics and government. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Similar Items

Lee Teng-hui and Taiwan's Quest for Identity /
by: Tsai, Shih-shan Henry
Published: (2005)

Nasser at War : Arab Images of the Enemy /
by: James, Laura M.
Published: (2006)

Korea Betrayed : Kim Dae Jung and Sunshine /
by: Kirk, Donald
Published: (2009)

Asian Century on a Knife-edge : A 360 Degree Analysis of Asia's Recent Economic Development /
by: West, John
Published: (2018)

Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East: Directions and Policy Options in the New Century /
by: Russell, James A.
Published: (2006)

British Political Facts Since 1979 /
by: Butler, David, et al.
Published: (2006)

Farewell Israel: Bush, Iran And The Revolt Of Islam.
Published: (2015)

Crisis in the Congo : The Rise and Fall of Laurent Kabila /
by: Ngolet, François
Published: (2011)

Building Constitutionalism in China /
Published: (2009)

The Road from Authoritarianism to Democratization in Indonesia /
by: Carnegie, Paul J.
Published: (2010)

Authoritarian Party Structures and Democratic Political Setting in Turkey /
by: Musil, Pelin Ayan
Published: (2011)

Eternal Iran : Continuity and Chaos /
by: Clawson, Patrick, et al.
Published: (2005)

The Ultimate Wish: Ending the Nuclear Age.
Published: (2015)

The Constitutional System of Turkey : 1876 to the Present /
by: Özbudun, Ergun
Published: (2011)

Adlai Stevenson's Lasting Legacy /
Published: (2007)

Okinawa: The Afterburn.
Published: (2015)

The End of the British Mandate for Palestine, 1948 : The Diary of Sir Henry Gurney /
by: Golani, Motti
Published: (2009)

Libya since 1969 : Qadhafi's Revolution Revisited /
Published: (2008)

Hybrid Sovereignty in the Arab Middle East : The Cases of Kuwait, Jordan, and Iraq /
by: Bacik, Gökhan
Published: (2008)

Liberal Government and Politics, 1905-15 /
by: Packer, Ian
Published: (2006)

The Plight of the Palestinians : A Long History of Destruction /
Published: (2010)

The Regime Change of Kwame Nkrumah : Epic Heroism in Africa And the Diaspora /
by: Rahman, Ahmad A.
Published: (2007)

The State and Kurds in Turkey : The Question of Assimilation /
by: Heper, Metin
Published: (2007)

Liberal Nationalism in Central Africa : A Biography of Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula /
by: Macola, Giacomo
Published: (2010)

Callaghan's Journey to Downing Street /
by: Deveney, Paul J.
Published: (2010)

The Politics of the Thatcher Revolution : An Interpretation of British Politics 1979-1990 /
by: Fry, Geoffrey K.
Published: (2008)

Northern Ireland 1968-2008 : The Politics of Entrenchment /
by: McGrattan, Cillian
Published: (2010)

Iran and the CIA : The Fall of Mosaddeq Revisited /
by: Bayandor, Darioush
Published: (2010)

After Number 10 : Former Prime Ministers in British Politics /
by: Theakston, Kevin
Published: (2010)

Varieties of Anti-Fascism : Britain in the Inter-War Period /
Published: (2010)

The First Sudanese Civil War : Africans, Arabs, and Israelis in the Southern Sudan, 1955-1972 /
by: Poggo, Scopas S.
Published: (2009)

Beyond Colonialism and Nationalism in the Maghrib : History, Culture and Politics /
Published: (2009)

The Roots of Participatory Democracy : Democratic Communists in South Africa and Kerala, India /
by: Williams, Michelle
Published: (2008)

Piero Gobetti and the Politics of Liberal Revolution /
by: Martin, James
Published: (2008)

Using History, Making British Policy : The Treasury and the Foreign Office, 1950-76 /
by: Beck, Peter J
Published: (2006)

Nineteenth-Century British Premiers : Pitt to Rosebery /
by: Leonard, Dick
Published: (2008)

The Labour Party and Constitutional Reform : A History of Constitutional Conservatism /
by: Dorey, Peter
Published: (2008)

Russian Politics from Lenin to Putin /
Published: (2010)

Critical Turning Points in the Middle East : 1915-2015 /
by: Al-Rodhan, Nayef R. F., et al.
Published: (2011)

French Intellectuals and Politics from the Dreyfus Affair to the Occupation /
by: Drake, David
Published: (2005)