Chinese politics and the succession to Mao - Gardner, John, 1939- (London : Macmillan, 1982)
Introduction. The problem of political succession -- 1. Liu Shaoqi and the cultural revolution: the rise and fall of a chosen successor -- 2. The fall of Lin Biao -- 3. From the 'four modernisations' to the 'three poisonous weeds': Deng Xiaoping and the 'gang of four' -- 4. Hua Guofeng and the arrest of the 'gang' -- 5. Chairman Hua and the return of Deng -- 6. Breaking the mould: in search of new politics -- 7. 1981: the year of the verdicts -- 8. Conclusion.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [210]-211.
Keywords: Heads of state -- China -- Succession; China -- Politics and government -- 1949-; China -- Politics and government -- 1976-