In Volume III of this vastly important translation Mao's pre-1949 writings, Mao's life and thought, as well as the history of the Chinese Communist Party and of the Guomindang, continue to be importan
Revolution in its Leninist guise has been a dominant force in the world for most of the 20th century, and the Chinese revolution has been, with the Russian revolution, one of its two most important ma
The texts from 1912 to November 1920 contained in Volume I of this edition shed light primarily on the life and intellectual development of the young Mao. The present volume introduces a new theme: Ma
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 Part
Comprises an English translation of every item Mao wrote during this period, of which the Chinese text can be obtained (over 225 documents are included), organized by the date written and arranged by
By 1939 Mao Zedong was a leader in the Chinese Communist Party through his political acumen, his organizing energy, and his executive ability. At the same time, his abilities to shift register, to mai
When we last saw Mao, he was in the middle of the Long March, threatened with defeat by Chiang Kaishek, who had vowed to exterminate the Communist bandits. Battlefield telegrams, letters, dispatches,