The Killing Wind

Zusatztext The author's documentation of the recollections culminates in a powerful chapter of interviews with surviving perpetrators many years later, who carry little to no remorse for the crimes. Informationen zum Autor Tan Hecheng is a retired author and editor for the Chinese government. Klappentext In The Killing Wind, Tan recounts how over the course of 66 days in 1967, over 9,000 Chinese "class enemies" were massacred in the Daoxian. Zusammenfassung In The Killing Wind, Tan recounts how over the course of 66 days in 1967, over 9,000 Chinese "class enemies" were massacred in the Daoxian. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Map Blood Awakening Deconstructing the Mythos of Mao Zedong's Peasant Revolution: Translator's Note Chronology of the Cultural Revolution Killings in Daoxian Introduction Part One: The Origin of the Massacre Chapter 1: The River of Death Chapter 2: My Destiny with Daoxian Chapter 3: Daoxian on the Eve of the Massacre The August 5 county seize-and-push meeting The August 8 gun-snatching incident Chapter 4: The Random Killings Begin First blood at the Xiaba production brigade Xique Zhengjia sparks off the massacre Part Two: Assembling the Machinery of Slaughter Chapter 5: The Killing Wind Spreads through Administrative Lines Chapter 6: Qingtang District and the Rise of the Peasant Supreme Courts In the hometown of the philosopher The rise of the peasant supreme courts A commune Party secretary's story Chapter 7: The Red Alliance Role in the Killing Wind Establishment of the Yingjiang Frontline Command Post The Yingjiang Political and Legal Work Conference Part Three: Chetou and Shangguan Districts - Murder as Spectacle Chapter 8: Chetou District's Model Killings The real story of Chetou District's "landlord and rich peasant insurrection" Blood-soaked Meihua An advanced commune encounters a new challenge Chapter 9: Shangguan District - In the Eye of the Storm Shangguan Commune's on-the-spot killing rallies Killing turncoats as well as landlords Chapter 10: Other Communes in Shangguan District Dongmen Commune: Graffiti on a cottage wall The killings at Wanjiazhuang Commune The unbearable lightness of Futang Commune Part Four: Gongba District, the County's Top Killer Chapter 11: A Dubious Honor One day in Yanhetang Chapter 12: The Killings at Daoxian's Deadliest Commune Chapter 13: Some Who Got Away Chapter 14: Death before Marriage Part Five: Qingxi District's PAFD Commander Chapter 15: High-level Participation in Qingxi District The Great Leap brigade's killing sputnik Killings approved by the county organization department head Chapter 16: When the Pebble Rises from the Water Part Six: Xianglinpu District's Militia Push Chapter 17: The Shangdu Militia Headquarters The pressure to stay in the lead Chapter 18: Even Heaven Wept Chapter 19: Two Classic Cases Chapter 20: The Banality of Evil "The tough job is left to me" A brigade secretary's story Part Seven: Deadly Politics Chapter 21: A Little Education Is a Dangerous Thing The legend of Widow's Bridge If you loved the Party, would the Party kill you? Chapter 22: The Price of Truth The destruction of two Rightist families Death of a "little Peng Dehua" Chapter 23: The Scapegoated Landlord Class Part Eight: The Killers Chapter 24: Beyond the Pale The "big rice pot" Between humans and beasts Chapter 25: Brainwashed The Party secretary who killed a poor peasant association chairman Duty before family The Iron Maiden of Daoxian Part Nine: The Outliers Chapter 26: The Anomalous Xianzijiao District Qiaotou Commune's mass killing rally The last victim Chapter 27: The Zhenggangtou Phenomenon Chapter 28: The Mira...

Autorentext
Tan Hecheng is a retired author and editor for the Chinese government.

Klappentext
In The Killing Wind, Tan recounts how over the course of 66 days in 1967, over 9,000 Chinese "class enemies" were massacred in the Daoxian.

Inhalt
Table of Contents
Map
Blood Awakening
Deconstructing the Mythos of Mao Zedong's Peasant Revolution:
Translator's Note
Chronology of the Cultural Revolution Killings in Daoxian
Introduction
Part One: The Origin of the Massacre
Chapter 1: The River of Death
Chapter 2: My Destiny with Daoxian
Chapter 3: Daoxian on the Eve of the Massacre
The August 5 county seize-and-push meeting
The August 8 gun-snatching incident
Chapter 4: The Random Killings Begin
First blood at the Xiaba production brigade
Xique Zhengjia sparks off the massacre
Part Two: Assembling the Machinery of Slaughter
Chapter 5: The Killing Wind Spreads through Administrative Lines
Chapter 6: Qingtang District and the Rise of the Peasant Supreme Courts
In the hometown of the philosopher
The rise of the peasant supreme courts
A commune Party secretary's story
Chapter 7: The Red Alliance Role in the Killing Wind
Establishment of the Yingjiang Frontline Command Post
The Yingjiang Political and Legal Work Conference
Part Three: Chetou and Shangguan Districts - Murder as Spectacle
Chapter 8: Chetou District's Model Killings
The real story of Chetou District's "landlord and rich peasant insurrection"
Blood-soaked Meihua
An advanced commune encounters a new challenge
Chapter 9: Shangguan District - In the Eye of the Storm
Shangguan Commune's on-the-spot killing rallies
Killing turncoats as well as landlords
Chapter 10: Other Communes in Shangguan District
Dongmen Commune: Graffiti on a cottage wall
The killings at Wanjiazhuang Commune
The unbearable lightness of Futang Commune
Part Four: Gongba District, the County's Top Killer
Chapter 11: A Dubious Honor
One day in Yanhetang
Chapter 12: The Killings at Daoxian's Deadliest Commune
Chapter 13: Some Who Got Away
Chapter 14: Death before Marriage
Part Five: Qingxi District's PAFD Commander
Chapter 15: High-level Participation in Qingxi District
The Great Leap brigade's killing sputnik
Killings approved by the county organization department head
Chapter 16: When the Pebble Rises from the Water
Part Six: Xianglinpu District's Militia Push
Chapter 17: The Shangdu Militia Headquarters
The pressure to stay in the lead
Chapter 18: Even Heaven Wept
Chapter 19: Two Classic Cases
Chapter 20: The Banality of Evil
"The tough job is left to me"
A brigade secretary's story
Part Seven: Deadly Politics
Chapter 21: A Little Education Is a Dangerous Thing
The legend of Widow's Bridge
If you loved the Party, would the Party kill you?
Chapter 22: The Price of Truth
The destruction of two Rightist families
Death of a "little Peng Dehua"
Chapter 23: The Scapegoated Landlord Class
Part Eight: The Killers
Chapter 24: Beyond the Pale
The "big rice pot"
Between humans and beasts
Chapter 25: Brainwashed
The Party secretary who killed a poor peasant association chairman
Duty before family
The Iron Maiden of Daoxian
Part Nine: The Outliers
Chapter 26: The Anomalous Xianzijiao District
Qiaotou Commune's mass killing rally
The last victim
Chapter 27: The Zhenggangtou Phenomenon
Chapter 28: The Miracle of L…

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