This in 1966 china was swept up by the rising tide of the cultural revolution in august more than 1000000 people gathered on kent on men square to celebrate. Chairman mao tse launched a movement for the masses the aim was to weed out anyone who appeared eager to steer the revolution and peoples mindsets toward capitalism the young people of china became messengers of miles communist doctrine. They were joined by people from all over the world who believed in maos philosophy. More than 400 foreigners were involved in the cultural revolution. Their sons and daughters known as the red children were given a communist education and as teenagers were drawn into the revolution their lives are a missing page in an otherwise well known chapter of chinese history. The story of the red children begins with that of their parents during this tumultuous period of the 20th century they left their homes with the dream of helping to found a new china. Off once in the fortune say you my father was born
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History of globalization. She is a coeditor of one of the most important journals in the field, dip diplomatic history. Her publications include gis and germans, culture, gender and foreign relations, 19451949. And now, the politics of peace a global cold war history. She had it published by oxford this year. It is based on this book that she will be speaking to us today. She has also coedited two books, the human rights revolution, oxford 2012. And the oxford handbook of the cold war, published in 2013. Today, she will be speaking with us on if you want peace, or william detours on the politics of peace in the early cold war. Thank you to everyone who makes this possible for inviting me. It is a great honor to be here. I was embarrassed to admit that i had never been here and im going to try to make an effort because i realized philadelphias not that far from washington at least by train. I can do this in one day back and forth. So, writing a book as i am sure some of you in this audi