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Australian Bush to Tiananmen Square

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In Australian Bush to Tiananmen Square Ross Terrillapplies his personal lens to Chinas historic rise and turn from Moscow to the West. This book portrays Terrills correspondence with Zhou Enlai, Henry Kissinger, Guo Moruo, Chinese farmers, President Bush, students, Daoist monks, and dozens more. Chinese voices light up every paragraph as Terrill links turbulent events to his own exploration of Chinas cities and villages.

Ross Terrill is associate in research at Harvards Fairbank Center for East Asia and author of eleven books on China and Australia.

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Prologue

1. Australian Door to China
2. Beijing in 1964
3. Harvard’s View of China
4. Tiananmen Square and Harvard Square
5. Friends in the Cultural Revolution
6. Neighbors View China
7. Turning Points
8. Excitement Builds in Washington
9. Nixon “Changes the World”
10. Twilight of Mao’s Era
11. Loss and Revival
12. Not Quite Normal
13. Mao and His Wife under the Lens
14. Reagan and Deng
15. Beyond the Mountains
16. Agonized Years - 1980s
17. China Rides a Tiger

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About the Author

Ross Terrill’s wonderfully engaging memoir opens a fascinating window onto the momentous changes in China… Australian Bush to Tiananmen Square offers a warm hearted and informative account, at once deeply personal and decidedly analytical, by one of America’s most knowledgeable China scholars.
— Elizabeth J. Perry, Harvard University

Ross Terrill for over half a century has been a leading observer and scholar of China. In this fascinating book he intersperses Chinas contemporary history with his own experiences… As with Terrills many other works on China, this book is a beautifully written and enjoyable read.
— Dwight Perkins, Harvard University

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