Quelling the PeopleThis is a riveting, day by day, hour by hour reconstruction of the massacre in Tiananmen Square on June 3 4, 1989, as well as of the crucial events in Beijing during the previous weeks that largely precipitated the massacre. The author focuses on the armythe People's Liberation Armywhich, with its motto "Serve the People," had always prided itself on its close ties to the civilian population. What were the intentions of the Chinese government in