Mao and the Red Guards: 1966.

In 1966, Mao returned from four years in the political wilderness to enact the Cultural Revolution, inspiring millions of young people to carry out an assault on traditions and authority figures across China. In reality, Mao was engendering the first phase of a civil war that would rage until his death a decade later. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/explaininghistory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.