TJ Cheng is emeritus professor of sociology at Macau University and a freelance writer based in California. Uradyn E. Bulag is professor of social anthropology at the University of Cambridge. Mark Selden is emeritus professor of sociology and history at the State University of New York at Binghamton.

• List of Maps and FiguresPrefaceIntroduction1 A North China Country Boy Travels beyond the Great Wall2 Rumblings: Prelude to the Cultural Revolution3 The Hour of Rebellion: The Cultural Revolution Comes to Inner Mongolia4 Red Guards on the March5 The First PLA Murder of a Red Guard6 Rebel Victory and the Military Takeover of Inner Mongolia7 The Wasu Movement and My Career as a Journalist8 Wasu and the Rebels9 “Inner Mongolia Has Gone Too Far”10 Inner Mongolia under Martial Law11 The Lin Biao Incident and My Farewell to Inner MongoliaCoda: Settler Colonialism, Minority Nationalities, and Politicide—Reassessing the Cultural Revolution from the BorderlandsGlossaryNotesIndex

“Inner Mongolia witnessed the most extreme brutalities of the Cultural Revolution, but the authors go beyond just narrating these horrific events to trace the cruelty to an aim of ‘politicide’. A grim and timely reminder.”

TJ Cheng is emeritus professor of sociology at Macau University and a freelance writer based in California. Uradyn E. Bulag is professor of social anthropology at the University of Cambridge. Mark Selden is emeritus professor of sociology and history at the State University of New York at Binghamton.

• List of Maps and FiguresPrefaceIntroduction1 A North China Country Boy Travels beyond the Great Wall2 Rumblings: Prelude to the Cultural Revolution3 The Hour of Rebellion: The Cultural Revolution Comes to Inner Mongolia4 Red Guards on the March5 The First PLA Murder of a Red Guard6 Rebel Victory and the Military Takeover of Inner Mongolia7 The Wasu Movement and My Career as a Journalist8 Wasu and the Rebels9 “Inner Mongolia Has Gone Too Far”10 Inner Mongolia under Martial Law11 The Lin Biao Incident and My Farewell to Inner MongoliaCoda: Settler Colonialism, Minority Nationalities, and Politicide—Reassessing the Cultural Revolution from the BorderlandsGlossaryNotesIndex

“Inner Mongolia witnessed the most extreme brutalities of the Cultural Revolution, but the authors go beyond just narrating these horrific events to trace the cruelty to an aim of ‘politicide’. A grim and timely reminder.”

TJ Cheng is emeritus professor of sociology at Macau University and a freelance writer based in California. Uradyn E. Bulag is professor of social anthropology at the University of Cambridge. Mark Selden is emeritus professor of sociology and history at the State University of New York at Binghamton.

• List of Maps and FiguresPrefaceIntroduction1 A North China Country Boy Travels beyond the Great Wall2 Rumblings: Prelude to the Cultural Revolution3 The Hour of Rebellion: The Cultural Revolution Comes to Inner Mongolia4 Red Guards on the March5 The First PLA Murder of a Red Guard6 Rebel Victory and the Military Takeover of Inner Mongolia7 The Wasu Movement and My Career as a Journalist8 Wasu and the Rebels9 “Inner Mongolia Has Gone Too Far”10 Inner Mongolia under Martial Law11 The Lin Biao Incident and My Farewell to Inner MongoliaCoda: Settler Colonialism, Minority Nationalities, and Politicide—Reassessing the Cultural Revolution from the BorderlandsGlossaryNotesIndex

“Inner Mongolia witnessed the most extreme brutalities of the Cultural Revolution, but the authors go beyond just narrating these horrific events to trace the cruelty to an aim of ‘politicide’. A grim and timely reminder.”