Why did Mao launch the Cultural Revolution?

Before Mao launched the Cultural Revolution he could give an order and it was carried out. Where Mao ran into trouble, frankly, was when the Great Leap Forward failed. His own party began to question his policies.

They became more and more reluctant to carry out his policies. Thats what really made Mao turn against the party and launch the Cultural Revolution. He felt the party was not willing to carry the revolution through to the end.

Mao was this Utopianist; they were not. The Great Leap Forward proved that he was not infallible and they began to question him. It was their questioning of him that in many ways compelled him to launch the campaign against his own colleagues.

Discuss the Mao cult of personality. A way in which Mao built up his power and his ability to just literally dictate to the Chinese people, was by building up this great cult of personality. He was almost a godlike figure.

When Deng came to power, and this was one of his major changes and a very important one, ... more.

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