Abstract: A Canadian Sinologist tells both the nonspecialist and the China expert what happened at Tiananmen Square, based on a study of source documents and interviews.
Keywords: book review, international, current_events, China, Tiananmen Square Massacre.

Title: Quelling the People: The Military Suppression of the Beijing Democracy Movement
Author: Timothy Brook
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Date Published: February 1999
ISBN: 0804736383
Pages: 286 		Click below to buy the book
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CONTENTS

Abbreviations

Chronology

Introduction

Changing Fate (April 15--May 19)

No Place Left Unguarded (May 19--23)

Waiting for the Moon (May 24--June 3)

Spilling Blood (June 3--4)

Counting Bodies (June 4)

Consequences (June 4--9)

Closing the Century

Afterword

Acknowledgments

A Note on Sources

Glossary of Place Names

Notes

Bibliography

     

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