Mao's Revolution 1966

Up to 50 million people died of starvation. Mao was forced to admit that it was not such a smart move and he was forced to take a back seat even though he was still the head of the state. He had to give the power to others to run the country basically to recover economically from the disaster. That was in 1962 and 63. And that was a problem for Mao. If you are a dictator and you taking a back seat you're not going to like it. So he planned his next move and the move was to take back his power. This time it's not just power but absolute power, established Maoism as the supreme ideology of the land so transformed China completely once and