The New York Times Book Review: "There have been many efforts from the outside to analyze the Cultural Revolution, but it is only now with the publication of studies written from the inside, such as those of William Hinton, that we begin to grasp of its depth and breadth and, as we do, we perceive that it has been a happening probably without parallel in modern social history... Hinton's book conveys the quality of these strange times with remarkable fidelity..." Library Journal: "Written with the novelist's skill that made Hinton's previous 'documentary,' Fanshen, an instant classic, Hundred Day War vividly tells the story of student factional struggles at Tsinghua University during the Cultural Revolution. The account... is the most detailed available and appears t be highly reliable... the book is signally successful in making events at Tsinghua come to life in a humanly understandable way." Maxwell Geismar, University Review: "I suspect, that for a long time, until the Chinese themselves compile the story, it will be an authoritative text not only about the Tsinghua affair, but about the impact of the Cultural Revolution on the whole of Chinese society... epic-like quality... In conclusion, I can only say: get hold of Hinton's Hundred Day War. And don't be put off by the patronizing reviews in newspapers and magazines which for Twenty-five years have been deliberately distorting the Chinese Revolution. From Fanshen to Hundred Day War, Hinton has cut through official and academic lies."
ISBN-13: 9780853452386
ISBN-10: 0853452385
Language: English
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Year: 1972
Pages: 288
Cataloged: Feb. 20, 2025, 11:26 a.m.
