內容大鋼
今天，世界上越來越多的人希望了解中國，而要深入了解和真正理解今天的中國是怎樣來的，中國道路是怎樣走出來的，就必須了解和認識毛澤東時代的中國。人們習慣稱謂的毛澤東時代，時間範疇是1949年到1976年。這個時期的中國，人們稱之為新中國。舊中國是毛澤東時代的前序和產床；新中國是毛澤東時代的正文和舞台。
為化繁為簡而不失精要，論從史出而彰顯平實，陳晉主編的《毛澤東時代的中國（英文版）》以史為線索，分「歷史的『問』與『答』」、「新中國『新』在哪裡？」、「走進社會主義」、「冷戰格局下的突圍」、「有這樣一個『頂層設計』」、「計劃時代」、「面對知識分子」、「移風易俗，改造社會」、「治國之道」、「國際新角色」十個專題，講述毛澤東時代的中國那段歷史，幫助讀者真實了解中國道路從哪裡來，到哪裡去，進而讀懂今天的中國。
目錄
Preface: Mao Zedong and His Era
Four gunshots and the fate of China
From "Old China" to "New China"
Why did he become the soul of the era?
Before the mission of the times
Roads, dreams, and legends
Chapter One Historical Questions and Answers
"Grand unity is great strength"
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun"
"It takes a great party to guide a great revolution"
The will of the people trumps everything
Chapter Two What Was "New" About New China?
New image of national independence
New look of people's liberation
New situation of national unity
Chapter Three Entering Socialism
It is only a matter of time before we build socialism
Why set the clock forward?
A road of peaceful transformation
Chapter Four Breakthroughs in the Cold War Context
Siding with the Soviet Union
Strike first to spare being stricken a hundred times
Tearing apart the trade blockade
Two international conferences, one Chinese approach
Chapter Five Top-Level Design
Why 1956?
Clarifying the "Ten Major Relationships"
A grand meeting and a new route
Judgments and choices during an "eventful year"
Chapter Six Periods of Planning
How was the economic plan compiled?
Food, clothing and daily necessities for the people
"Do not rush the construction of socialism"
From development strategy to economic layout
Chapter Seven Policy Toward Intellectuals
Originally "intellectuals"
Solidarity, education and transformation
Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend
Winning the battle of science and technology
Chapter Eight Transforming Social Traditions
Removing "malignant tumors" and old customs
The new social customs
A dualistic structure of rural and urban areas
The spirit of the times
Chapter Nine National Governance
Break the "cycle of history"
How were the "nation's leaders" tempered?
"A game of chess, and a bamboo pole"
On the Cultural Revolution
Chapter Ten New Role in the International Arena
Deterioration of Sine-Soviet relations
Friends in the "intermediate zones"
A handshake across the Pacific
Back to the UN
Postscript
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