Lin Biao: References & Edit History
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The best account of Lin’s life is a study by Thomas W. Robinson, A Politico-military Biography of Lin Piao (1971– ). Michael Y.M. Kau (ed.), The Lin Piao Affair: Power Politics and Military Coup (1975), discusses the circumstances of Lin’s death and contains a compendium of documents including a translation of Lin’s official biography as of 1969. A more recent study is Frederick C. Teiwes and Warren Sun, The Tragedy of Lin Biao: Riding the Tiger During the Cultural Revolution, 1966–1971 (1996).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Media updated. | Aug 19, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chineseposters.net - Lin Biao. | Oct 14, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Washington Post - Who Killed Lin Biao? | Sep 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Hoover Institution - The Lin Biao Incident And The People�s Liberation Army Of Purges. | Jul 12, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 21, 2024 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Alpha History - Lin Biao. | Jul 18, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Lin Biao. | Jul 18, 2016 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Apr 03, 2008 | ||
| Article updated and transliteration changed to Pinyin. | Apr 03, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: CNN - Visions of China - Lin Biao. | Dec 21, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jan 12, 2000 |
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