China’s Leaders: From Mao to Now, David Shambaugh

-About this book

Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China over 70 years ago, five paramount leaders have shaped the fates and fortunes of the nation and the ruling Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and Xi Jinping. Under their leaderships, China has undergone an extraordinary transformation from an undeveloped and insular country to a comprehensive world power.
In this definitive study, renowned Sinologist David Shambaugh offers a refreshing account of China’s dramatic post-revolutionary history through the prism of those who ruled it.

Exploring the persona, formative socialization, psychology, and professional experiences of each leader, Shambaugh shows how their differing leadership styles and tactics of rule shaped China domestically and internationally: Mao was a populist tyrant, Deng a pragmatic Leninist, Jiang a bureaucratic politician, Hu a technocratic apparatchik, and Xi a modern emperor. Covering the full scope of these leaders’ personalities and power, this is an illuminating guide to China’s modern history and understanding how China has become the superpower of today.

-CONTENTS

Dedication

Preface and Acknowledgments

Notes

1. On China’s Leaders and Leadership

Perspectives on Leadership

The Influences of Chinese Political Culture

The Influences of Chinese Leninist Culture

Notes

2. Mao Zedong: Populist Tyrant

Mao’s Inheritance and Immediate Challenges

Building the Nation, 1953–1957

Leaping Forward, Backward, and Forward Again: 1958–1965

The “Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution” and the End of the Maoist Era, 1966–1976

Notes

3. Deng Xiaoping: Pragmatic Leninist

Deng’s Comeback and Power Play

What Did Deng Inherit?

Implementing Reforms

Deng Xiaoping’s Stain: Tiananmen

Deng’s Last Stand

Notes

4. Jiang Zemin: Bureaucratic Politician

Jiang Zemin’s Past as Prologue to the Future

Reforming the Party

Jiang Zemin and the Military

Jiang Zemin and the Economy

Jiang Zemin and China’s Foreign Policy

The End of Jiang Zemin’s Rule and Transition to Hu Jintao

Notes

5. Hu Jintao: Technocratic Apparatchik

Hu Jintao’s Life and Career Path

Hu Jintao’s Decade in Waiting

Hu’s Inheritance

Hu Jintao’s Major Policy Initiatives

Reflections on Hu Jintao’s Rule

Notes

6. Xi Jinping: Modern Emperor

Xi Jinping’s Rise to Power

Dismantling Dengism

Navigating the Middle Income Trap

Revamped Repression

Xi Jinping on Balance

Notes

7. China’s Leaders in Contrast

Mao Zedong

Deng Xiaoping

Jiang Zemin

Hu Jintao

Xi Jinping

Notes

Index

-Caractéristiques

Date de parution:2 juillet 2021

Éditeur ‏ : ‎ Polity Press

Langue ‏ : ‎ Anglais

NB.de pages ‏ : ‎ 416 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1509546510

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1509546510

Poids de l’article ‏ : ‎ 762 g

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16 x 3.3 x 23.37 cm