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Japan in Global Ocean Politics . By Tsuneo Akaha. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1985. xii, 224 pp. Tables, Figures, Appendix, Notes, Select Bibliography, Index. N.p.

1975. This situation created an acute conflict for Yue Daiyun between political values and concern for her family's well-being. On the one hand, she was extremely critical of Jiang Qing and the Gang of Four, blaming them for the failures of the Cultural Revolution; on the other hand, she was pleased by the recognition her husband received, hoping that it would "help erase the stigma of his former 'black gang' label and the shadow that both of our past histories had cast on our children's future" (p. 323). The benefits proved to be only temporary. When the Gang of Four was arrested, Tang Yijie once again became a target of criticism: he was detained, interrogated, and made the object of public denunciation meetings. During this time their two children were denied the opportunity to attend the university. Even their exceedingly high scores on the national examinations could not compensate for their father's marred political status. Only in 1979 did this precarious situation end. Charges against Tang were dropped; Yue's rightist label was declared to have been an error and she was readmitted to the Communist party; their children were finally enrolled in universities. Within the next few years she and Tang both regained their positions at Beida and were appointed to the faculty of the newly established Shenzhen University as well. In To the Storm, Wakeman and Yue do more than simply relate these experiences; they also attempt to reconstruct Yue's thoughts and feelings as she lived through them. These reflections sometimes raise questions that are not fully answered. How, for example, did she reconcile her own criticisms of Gang of Four policies with her husband's participation in the "Liang Xiao" group? What were her political values and ideals at the time she rejoined the party in 1979? How did they differ from those she held as a young teacher in the optimistic first decade of socialist construction? Living through decades during which the lines between moral convictions, pragmatism, and opportunism were so often blurred, how did she maintain a sense of personal integrity? These are questions that have no simple answers. That the book raises them at all attests to its complexity. Eloquently written and thoroughly engaging, To the Storm provides a rare look at the inner world of an intellectual during China's most tumultuous years. It will be immensely valuable both to scholars and students attempting to understand the human dimensions of China's modern history.