Part One: the early years (1962-1966). Two dictators

Never forget class struggle

War on the cultural front

Clique of four

Part Two: the Red years (1966-1968). Poster wars

Red August

Destroying the old world

Mao cult

Linking up

Rebels and royalists

Enter the Army

The arms race

Quenching the fires

Part Three: the Black years (1968-1971). Cleansing the ranks

Up the mountains, down to the villages

Preparing for war

Learning from Dazhai

More purges

Fall of an heir

Part Four: the grey years (1971-1976). Recovery

The silent revolution

The second society

Reversals

Aftermath.