Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Communist Party

RR 2012/214 Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Communist Party Lawrence R. Sullivan Scarecrow Press Lanham, MD, and Plymouth 2012 xxxviii + 362 pp. ISBN 978 0 8108 7225 7 (print); ISBN 978 0 8108 7470 1 (e-book) £51.95/$85

Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies and Movements

Keywords China, Dictionaries, History, Politics

Review DOI 10.1108/09504121211240530

Ruling with absolute authority over one and a half billion people, the Chinese Communist Party is surely the most important political party in the world, perhaps even the most important organisation in the world (though Pope Benedict might disagree). It is therefore quite reasonable that it should be the only political party to which the Scarecrow Press have devoted a volume in their extensive series. The Dictionary follows the usual pattern of that series, with 400 articles, of between 50 and 2,000 words, on personalities (who number more than half the entries), organisations, events, movements, concepts, policies, campaigns, slogans and technical terms significant to the Party throughout its history and up to the...