2009, ISBN: 9781439149386

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009. First hardcover edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Octavo. Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean a… Mehr…

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009. First hardcover edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Octavo. Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges browned How often can you peek behind the curtains of one of the most secretive governments in the world? Prisoner of the State is the first book to give readers a front row seat to the secret inner workings of China’s government. It is the story of Premier Zhao Ziyang, the man who brought liberal change to that nation and who, at the height of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, tried to stop the massacre and was dethroned for his efforts.When China’s army moved in, killing hundreds of students and other demonstrators, Zhao was placed under house arrest at his home on a quiet alley in Beijing. China’s most promising change agent had been disgraced, along with the policies he stood for. The premier spent the last sixteen years of his life, up until his death in 2005, in seclusion. An occasional detail about his life would slip out: reports of a golf excursion, a photo of his aging visage, a leaked letter to China’s leaders. But China scholars often lamented that Zhao never had his final say.As it turns out, Zhao did produce a memoir in complete secrecy. He methodically recorded his thoughts and recollections on what had happened behind the scenes during many of modern China’s most critical moments. The tapes he produced were smuggled out of the country and form the basis for Prisoner of the State. In this audio journal, Zhao provides intimate details about the Tiananmen crackdown; he describes the ploys and double crosses China's top leaders use to gain advantage over one another; and he talks of the necessity for China to adopt democracy in order to achieve long-term stability.The China that Zhao portrays is not some long-lost dynasty. It is today’s China, where the nation’s leaders accept economic freedom but continue to resist political change. If Zhao had survived—that is, if the hardline hadn’t prevailed during Tiananmen—he might have been able to steer China’s political system toward more openness and tolerance. Zhao’s call to begin lifting the Party's control over China's life—to let a little freedom into the public square—is remarkable coming from a man who had once dominated that square. Although Zhao now speaks from the grave in this moving and riveting memoir, his voice has the moral power to make China sit up and listen. B & W photos, Simon & Schuster, 2009, 2.5<

2009, ISBN: 9781439149386

Simon & Schuster, 2009-05-19. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. [From the library of Benjamin B. King.] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Mild… Mehr…

Simon & Schuster, 2009-05-19. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. [From the library of Benjamin B. King.] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Mild toning. Pages unmarked. <br> "Benjamin B. King was an intelligence officer for the British Royal Air Force during World War II. After World War 2 broke out in Europe in September 1939, he joined the British Royal Air Force as a 'penguin' who could not fly because of eyesight problems. He was assigned to Coastal Command at the airbase in Wick in the very north of Scotland, which provided defense for Britain in the North Sea, engaging the Germany Navy and Air Force. After his stint at Wick, Ben was transferred to the vital but vulnerable British base at Gibraltar off the coast of Spain, where the British monitored German and Italian military operations in the Western Mediterranean. While in Gibraltar, one of his tasks was to listen to Luftwaffe radio communications and track the movement of German and Italian airplanes. After Gibraltar, Ben was called back to Britain and assigned to the secret British code-breaking operations at Bletchley Park in England, which played a critical role in the Allies' war effort by monitoring and decoding German military communications and ultimately breaking the German Enigma code." - Obit., Simon & Schuster, 2009-05-19, 3<

2009, ISBN: 9781439149386

Simon & Schuster, 2009-05-19. Hardcover. Like New. Hardcover book in very good condition, clean and tightly bound. Ships next business day from Oklahoma., Simon & Schuster, 2009-05-… Mehr…

Simon & Schuster, 2009-05-19. Hardcover. Like New. Hardcover book in very good condition, clean and tightly bound. Ships next business day from Oklahoma., Simon & Schuster, 2009-05-19, 5<

2009, ISBN: 9781439149386

Simon & Schuster, 2009-05-19. hardcover. Good. 6x1x9., Simon & Schuster, 2009-05-19, 2.5