Selected Military Writings of Mao Tse-Tung
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1967. Second Edition [stated]. Second Printing [stated]. Wraps. 410, [6] pages. Wraps. Frontis illustration. Footnotes. Some underlning. Cover scuffed. Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, or Mao Tse-tung, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist, his theories, military strategies, and political policies are collectively known as Maoism. Mao is regarded as one of the most important and influential individuals in modern world history. He is also known as a political intellect, theorist, military strategist, poet, and visionary. Mao remains a controversial figure and there is little agreement over his legacy. Supporters credit and praise him for having unified China and for ending the previous decades of civil war. He is also credited for having improved the status of women in China and for improving literacy and education. Some of the contents: Why is it that Red political power can exist in China? The struggle in the Chingkang Mountains. On correcting mistaken ideas in the party. A single spark can start a prairie . fire. Problems of strategy in China's revolutionary war. Problems of strategy in guerrilla war against Japan. On protracted war. Problems of war and strategy. Conclusions on the repulse of the second anti-communist onslaught. The turning point in World War II. On coalition government (2 excerpts: The People's War, The People's Army). On production by the Army for its own support and on the importance of the great movements for rectification and for production. Concentrate a superior force to destroy the enemy forces one by one. A three months' summary. The concept of operations for the northwest war theater. Strategy for the second year of the War of Liberation. Manifesto of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. On the reissue of the three main rules of discipline & the eight points for attention. Condition: Good.
Keywords: China, Military Strategy, Communism, Cold War, Guerrilla Warfare, Chingkang Mountains, Hunan-Kiangsi, Revolutionary War, War of Liberation, Chinese Red Army, People's Liberation Army
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