Six Essays on Military Affairs

Peking, China: Foreign Languages Press, 1972. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. [12], 393, [1] pages. Portrait of Mao. Ink stamp on fep. Several pages at front have creases. The six essays in this work have been translated from the Chinese texts given in The Selected Works of Mao Tsetung. Some changes have been made in the notes for foreign readers. The six essays are: Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War (December 1938); Problems of Strategy in Guerrilla War Against Japan (May 1938); On Protracted War (May 1938); Problems of War and Strategy (November 6, 1938); Concentrate A Superior Force to Destroy the Enemy Forces One by One (September 16, 1946); and The Present Situation and Our Tasks (Sections I, II, III) (December 25, 1947). Mao Zedong (formerly romanized as Mao Tse-tung; December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party 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. He had a Chinese nationalist and an anti-imperialist outlook early in his life, and was particularly influenced by the events of the Xinhai Revolution of 1911 and May Fourth Movement of 1919. He later adopted Marxism–Leninism while working at Peking University, and became a founding member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), leading the Autumn Harvest Uprising in 1927. During the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang (KMT) and the CCP, Mao helped to found the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, led the Jiangxi Soviet's radical land policies, and ultimately became head of the CCP during the Long March. Although the CCP temporarily allied with the KMT under the United Front during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), China's civil war resumed after Japan's surrender and in 1949 Mao's forces defeated the Nationalist government, which withdrew to Taiwan. A controversial figure, Mao is regarded as one of the most important individuals in the twentieth century. He is also known as a political intellect, theorist, and military strategist. Condition: Good / Red plastic dust jacker with title on front and on spine.

Keywords: Military Strategy, Guerrilla War, Revolutionary War, Partisans, Sino-Japanese War, Protracted War, People's Republic of China, Military Theory, Military Doctrine, Military Training

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