Friends and Enemies

The Past, Present and Future of the Communist Party of China

By (author) Kerry Brown Foreword by Will Hutton

Publication date:

01 July 2009

Publisher

Anthem Press

ISBN-13: 9780857288233

‘Friends and Enemies’ delivers a lucid and provocative history of one of the world’s largest and most successful political organizations, the Chinese Communist Party. In tracing the traumatic and bitter struggles that forged modern China and analysing the Party’s approach to the challenges of the future, Brown successfully lays bare the inner workings of this enduring and formidable group.

Introduction; Chapter One: A Disease of the Heart: The Rise to Power of the CCP; Chapter Two: Revolutionary Administrator: The Party in Power; Chapter Three: The Party in the Reform Era; Chapter Four: The Chinese Communist Party from 1992 to 2008; Chapter Five: The Challenges Facing China and What they mean for the CCP; Chapter Six: The Chinese Communist Party as it moves into the 21st Century; Conclusion: Gambling with the Devil: Why the Fate of the CCP Matters to Us All

'Dr Kerry Brown does the business in a brisk, no-nonsense way. For those who want an easy, short and very readable guide to an organisation which has shaped China's present and could help mould the world's future, Brown's book can be warmly recommended.' —Chris Patten, ‘The Independent’