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Beating Back Suppression Campaigns and Expanding the Jinggangshan Base Area (May to June 1928)

People's History of Ideas Podcast

English - February 03, 2022 06:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 110 ratings
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Next Episode: Land Revolution and Communist Party Growth: The High Tide of the Jinggangshan Base Area (Summer 1928)

Mao Zedong and Zhu De learn warfare through warfare as they face continuing onslaughts from Guomindang forces.

Further reading/watching:
Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highlands: China’s Jinggangshan Base Area
Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949
China: A Century of Revolution documentary
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), “Experiences of the People’s War
and Some Important Questions”
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), “Advance in the Great Direction of Creating Base Areas!”
Mao Zedong, “Problems of Strategy in China’s Revolutionary War”

Name from this episode:
Sunzi [Sun Tzu], Ancient Chinese general

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