Book contents
- Deadly Decision in Beijing
- Deadly Decision in Beijing
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Main Characters
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Party-State Leadership in the Deng Era
- Part II Elite Politics and the Making of the Tiananmen Protest
- Part III The Decision for Military Intervention
- 7 Was It a Revolution?
- 8 The Martial Law Decision
- 9 Military Operation as Symbolic Display of Power
- Part IV The Political Impact
- Notes
- Index
7 - Was It a Revolution?
April 15–June 3, 1989
from Part III - The Decision for Military Intervention
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 February 2023
Book contents
- Deadly Decision in Beijing
- Deadly Decision in Beijing
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Main Characters
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Party-State Leadership in the Deng Era
- Part II Elite Politics and the Making of the Tiananmen Protest
- Part III The Decision for Military Intervention
- 7 Was It a Revolution?
- 8 The Martial Law Decision
- 9 Military Operation as Symbolic Display of Power
- Part IV The Political Impact
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Chapter 7 assesses the claim that the student protest of 1989 constituted a revolution, one that could have overthrown the government. The question is explored from three angles: the goal of the alleged “revolutionaries,” the strength of their movement, and finally whether the state was vulnerable to regime change.
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- Deadly Decision in BeijingSuccession Politics, Protest Repression, and the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, pp. 143 - 165Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023