· The first visual history of China's Cultural Revolution (1966-76), which includes the only complete set of surviving photographs to document the entire period

· Drawn from thousands of original negatives that were hidden for nearly 40 years by photographer Li Zhensheng, at great personal risk, and accompanied by his own personal story

· Granted unusual access as a journalist, Li Zhensheng brings to light in this unique historical record one of the most turbulent, controversial, and under-documented periods in modern history

· Introduction by Yale University professor Jonathan D. Spence, eminent scholar of Chinese History