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This paper examines the Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution dated from 1966-1976 in China. According to the paper, the cultural revolution fomented a decade of chaos and civil war in China that wreaked havoc and destruction on millions of its people. Additionally, it undermined many of its social and economic structures. The paper concludes by noting that the cultural revolution was characterized as a power struggle that sought to oppress intellectuals and purge political opponents of Mao Zedong.

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"Though there is widespread difficulty in parsing the historical events and the subsequent effects of the Great Cultural Proletariat Revolution, theories and criticism from historians and academics abound on the subject. Broad agreement exists on the problematic investigation and interpretation of events that are so closely guarded by a small and strict hierarchy within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership and political system. Generally, it is recognized that the Cultural Revolution dated from 1966-1976 fomenting a decade of chaos and civil war in China that wreaked

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