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1 online resource (932 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; General Introduction: Mao Zedong and the Chinese Revolution, 1912-1949; Introduction: The Writings of Mao Zedong, August 1937-1938; Note on Sources and Conventions; Part I. Texts; 1937; Speech at the ""August 1"" Rally of the Campaign to Mobilize for the War of Resistance (August 1); On the Operational Principles of the Red Army (August 1); Concerning the Submission in Person to Nanjing of the Plan for National Defense and Other Matters (August 3); Our Views Regarding the Problem of National Defense (August 4) |
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The Red Army's Operational Tasks, and Principles Relating to the Use of Our Troops (August 5)Adopt a Modest Attitude While Consulting with People from All Sides (August 10); Interview with Nym Wales on Negotiations with the Guomindang and the War with Japan (August 13); Speech at the Evening Send-Off Party for the Northwest Battlefield Service Corps (August 15); The Main Force of the Red Army Will Follow Not the Beiping-Hankou Railroad, but the Datong-Pukou Railroad (August 17); The Luochuan Meeting Will Discuss Major Military Questions (August 18) |
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To Comrade Ren Bishi and Comrade Deng Xiaoping of the General Political Department (August 19)Telegram to Xie Juezai (August 21); Order Concerning the Reorganization of the Red Army into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army (August 25); For the Mobilization of All Our Forces to Achieve Victory in the War of Resistance (August 25); Telegram Ordering the Reorganization of Various Independent Red Armies and Divisions in Northern Shaanxi (August 25); The Situation and Our Tasks After the Outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War (September 1) |
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Negotiate with Yan Xishan on the Zone of Red Army Activities (September 3)Combat Liberalism (September 7); Strive to Have Fuping and Other Xian Designated as Zones of Eighth Route Army Activities (September 7); Explanation of the Basic Principles for Waging Independent and Self-Reliant Guerrilla Warfare in the Hilly Areas of North China (September 12); The Orientation to Which We Should Adhere While Negotiating the Reorganization in the Guerrilla Regions in the South (September 14); On the Assessment of the Enemy's Situation, and Our Strategic Dispositions (September 17) |
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The Question of the Strategic Zones of the Eighth Route Army (September 19)The Main Force of Wang Zhaoxiang's Unit Should Prepare to Support the Operations of the 120th Division (September 21); Resolutely Maintain the Principle of Independent and Self-Reliant Guerrilla Warfare in the Mountainous Regions (September 21) ; My Views About Developing Guerrilla Warfare in Shanxi (September 23); Deployment for Guerrilla War in the Wutai Mountain Range Assuming Japanese Occupation of Taiyuan (September 24) |
| Summary |
By 1936, after a decade of Civil War and even before the Xi'an Incident, Mao Zedong had begun talking about a ""New Stage"" of cooperation between the Guomindang and the Communist Party. With the establishment of a framework for cooperation between the two parties, and as Japan began its brutal war against China, Mao began to develop this theme more systematically in both the political and military spheres. This volume documents the evolution of Mao's thinking in this area that found its culmination in his long report to the Sixth Enlarged Plenum of the Central Committee in October, 1938, expl |
| Notes |
Our Declaration and Chiang's Statement Have Proclaimed the Establishment of the United Front (September 25) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Communism -- China -- History
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Communism
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Politics and government
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China -- Politics and government -- 1928-1937.
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China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schram, Stuart
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| ISBN |
9781317465294 |
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1317465296 |
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