Founder Generals

Author: Tang Shaoyun
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This book introduces, in biographical form, 10 marshals, 10 generals, 57 senior generals, 177 major generals, and 1,360 lieutenant generals—1,614 military leaders—who made significant contributions to the founding of the People's Republic of China and were either awarded or promoted to their ranks between 1955 and 1965. The book aims to commemorate their enduring historical achievements, celebrate their unwavering revolutionary convictions, promote their selfless dedication, and learn from their hardworking spirit. It serves as a vivid textbook for revolutionary tradition education, as well as for cultivating and nurturing a new generation of socialist builders with ideals, morality, culture, and discipline in terms of their outlook on life, values, and worldview. The author has consulted extensive historical and military records, visited numerous memorials, libraries, and interviewed the comrades, colleagues, and relatives of the subjects to ensure the book is distinctive and highly readable.