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Chairman Mao: The Rise And Fall Of The Red Angels

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Chairman Mao first called for a class struggle 1964, which would ultimately lead to the formation of the Red Guards. The youth thought of Mao as a great figure that lead China to victory over both the Japanese and the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek. As Rae puts it, “I mean I would continue to make revolution under proletarian dictatorship and defend his revolutionary line. Climb a mountain of knives. Jump into an ocean of fire. Face a forest of rifles and charge forward into a shower of bullets. I would do it for his sake” . Rae was not the only young person who saw Mao in this light. We can almost say for certain that it was almost all the youth that felt this way about Mao. Mao made certain that this was the case and he

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