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ISBN: 1408837587 1620403471 9781408837580 9781620403471 Year: 2013 Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Press,
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"'The Chinese Communist party refers to its victory in 1949 as a "liberation." In China the story of liberation and the revolution that followed is not one of peace, liberty, and justice. It is first and foremost a story of calculated terror and systematic violence.' So begins Frank Dikötter's stunning and revelatory chronicle of Mao Zedong's ascension and campaign to transform the Chinese into what the party called New People. Following the defeat of Chiang Kai-shek in 1949, after a bloody civil war, Mao hoisted the red flag over Beijing's Forbidden City, and the world watched as the Communist revolution began to wash away the old order. Due to the secrecy surrounding the country's records, little has been known before now about the eight years that followed, preceding the massive famine and Great Leap Forward. Drawing on hundreds of previously classified documents, secret police reports, unexpurgated versions of leadership speeches, eyewitness accounts of those who survived, and more, The Tragedy of Liberation bears witness to a shocking, largely untold history. Interweaving stories of ordinary citizens with tales of the brutal politics of Mao's court, Frank Dikötter illuminates those who shaped the 'liberation' and the horrific policies they implemented in the name of progress. People of all walks of life were caught up in the tragedy that unfolded, and whether or not they supported the revolution, all of them were asked to write confessions, denounce their friends, and answer queries about their political reliability. One victim of thought reform called it a 'carefully cultivated Auschwitz of the mind.' Told with great narrative sweep, The Tragedy of Liberation is a powerful and important document giving voice at last to the millions who were lost, and casting new light on the foundations of one of the most powerful regimes of the twenty-first century"--
History --- Politik. --- Politische Verfolgung. --- General. --- Mao, Zedong, --- Zhongguo-Gongchandang. --- Civil War (China : 1945-1949). --- 1945-1976. --- China --- China.
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ISBN: 9788815244529 8815244522 Year: 2013 Volume: 48 Publisher: Bologna: Il Mulino,
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Giuseppe Dossetti (1913-1996) è stato un protagonista indiscusso delle origini e del primo consolidamento della democrazia repubblicana italiana. Questo volume, ricorrendo a fonti inedite, racconta come è giunto a svolgere un ruolo di primo piano nella redazione della Costituzione italiana e quali sono stati i caratteri peculiari della sua proposta politica. Viene così ripercorsa la straordinaria vicenda di questo giovane studioso di diritto canonico che, formatosi nell’Università Cattolica di padre Agostino Gemelli, si ritrova prima coinvolto nella Resistenza e quindi proiettato ai vertici della Democrazia cristiana, dove inizia un’intensa attività politica per impegnare il suo partito nella costruzione di una democrazia reale, distante dalle storture della stagione liberale e radicata su una scelta antifascista. Successi e sconfitte, intuizioni e limiti della sua azione politica vengono ricostruiti superando gli schematismi e le semplificazioni con cui si è trattata la figura di Dossetti, restituendole finalmente un profilo organico dove si intrecciano l’esigenza di una riforma sociale e la percezione della necessità di una profonda riforma della Chiesa.
Christianity and politics --- Dossetti, Giuseppe --- Partito della democrazia cristiana --- Italy --- Politics and government --- 27 <45> <092> --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Italië--Biografieën --- Christianity --- Church and politics --- Politics and Christianity --- Politics and the church --- Political science --- Political aspects --- Dossetti, Giuseppe. --- Dossetti, G. --- Dossetti, Giuseppe Luigi --- Partito della democrazia cristiana. --- DC (Organization) --- Christian Democrats (Italy) --- Partito democratico cristiano --- Democrazia cristiana (Party) --- D.C. (Organization) --- Khristiansko-demokraticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ (Italy) --- KhDP --- Partido demòcrata cristiano italiano --- Parti démocrate chrétien italien --- Christlich-Demokratischen Partei Italiens --- Italian Christian Democratic Party --- Partito popolare italiano --- Christianity and politics - Italy --- Italy - Politics and government - 1922-1945 --- Italy - Politics and government - 1945-1976
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