Mao, it is said, was delighted with this spontaneous activity, gave it his blessing, and the Red Guards were born. The Red Guard movement merged naturally with Mao's purge of undesirable Party ...

Few books have shaped history like Mao’s Little Red Book—read by hundreds of millions, it became a symbol of revolution, ideology, and power. But was it propaganda or a guide to a new world?

Li kept on taking pictures—including those he called his "negative negatives": Red Guards shaving the head of a provincial governor because his hairline was too similar to Mao's; security forces ...

Lifton has a particularly hard time convincing us that the Red Guards who have spearheaded Mao's movement actually share his concern for the revolution--or at least that they are concerned for the ...

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, also known as Mao's Little Red Book or The Thoughts of Chairman Mao, was a political tract from the most powerful leader in the East. David Aaronovitch ...