Mao Zedong's three falls and three rises

Author: Huang Yunsheng
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Publishing Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Preface The Great Fall and Rise – Expulsion from the Central Committee and Re-emergence, Pioneering a New Situation of "Guerrilla Warfare in Rural Areas" Chapter The Turning Point in History
Section 1 Planning the Hunan Uprising from Wuhan
Section 2 The Eight Seven Conference Proposed "Power Comes from the Barrel of a Gun"
Section 3 "The Barrel of a Gun" Must Be Combined with Mass Movements
Chapter Leading the Autumn Uprising on the Hunan-Jiangxi Border
Section 1 Formulating the Program for the Autumn Uprising
Section 2 Raising the Red Banner to Lead the Uprising
Section 3 Turning at Wenjia City
Chapter Going to Jinggang Mountain to Establish a Base
Section 1 Making Friends with Bandits to Choose a Landing Point
Section 2 Building the Party and Army and Mobilizing the Masses
Section 3 Combining Military and Civilians – Three Victories in Three Battles
Chapter The First Great Fall
Section 1 Correctly Judging but Criticized
Section 2 Correctly Turning but Condemned
Section 3 Expelled from the Central Committee of the CCP
Section 4 Conveyed as "Expelled from the Party"
Section 5 Led to the "March Failure"
Chapter The First Great Rise
Section 1 Rising from the Great Fall
Section 2 Zhu and Mao Meet at Jinggang Mountain
Section 3 Expanding "Guerrilla Warfare in Rural Areas"
Section 4 Defeating "Forays" and the Longyuankou Victory
Section 5 Firmly Resisting Hunan Provincial Committee's "Left" Guidance
Section 6 Saving the Crisis of the "August Failure"
Section 7 Fighting to Recover the Base
Chapter Theoretical Innovation in the Jinggang Mountain Struggle – Proposing the Important Thought of "Guerrilla Warfare in Rural Areas"
Section 1 Reasons for the Existence and Development of "Guerrilla Warfare in Rural Areas"
Section 2 Connotation of "Guerrilla Warfare in Rural Areas"
Section 3 Significance of Proposing the Important Thought of "Guerrilla Warfare in Rural Areas"
Second Part The Second Great Fall and Rise – Forced to Leave the Red Army, the Comintern Incorrectly Issued a Death Notice; Re-emergence, Opening Up the Path of Surrounding the City with the Countryside
Chapter Fighting in Jiangnan and Western Fujian
Section 1 The Boli Conference Determines the Decision
Section 2 The Main Force of the Fourth Army Advances into Jiangnan
Section 3 The Main Force of the Fourth Army Transfers to Western Fujian
Chapter Establishing Control in Jiangnan and Western Fujian
Section 1 Establishing the Strategy of Expanding Control
Section 2 Creating the Jiangnan Soviet Area
Section 3 Establishing the Western Fujian Base
Chapter The Second Great Fall
Section 1 Disagreements Lead to Debates
Section 2 Reluctantly Proposing to Resign as Secretary of the Front Committee
Section 3 Criticizing Formalist Theories from Overseas
Section 4 Submitting to "Serious Warning" and Forced to Leave the Red Army
Section 5 Consequences of the "Seventh Congress" Not Being Good
Section 6 Suffering from a "Warning" Punishment While Ill in the Mountains
Section 7 The Comintern Incorrectly Issued a Death Notice
Chapter The Second Great Rise
Section 1 The Central Committee Criticizes the "Seventh Congress" and Affirms Mao Zedong
Section 2 Returning to the Front Committee Leadership Position
Section 3 The Gutian Conference Formulates the Program for Building the Party and Army
Section 4 Proposing the Basic Theory of Surrounding the City with the Countryside
Section 5 Advocating Investigation and Research, Opposing Dogmatism
Section 6 Summarizing the Land Revolution Line
Chapter Resisting, Not Attacking Nanchang, the Central City
Section 1 Persisting in Not Attacking Nanchang in Actions
Section 2 Establishing the Red First Front Army
Section 3 Leading the Troops to Capture Ji'an
Chapter Winning with Fewer Forces, Breaking the Iron Encirclement Three Times
Section 1 Determining the Strategy of Luring the Enemy Deep
Section 2 Breaking the First Iron Encirclement, Capturing Zhang Huizhen
Section 3 Breaking the Second Iron Encirclement, "Cried"
Section 4 Breaking the Third Iron Encirclement, Forcing Jiang Jieshi to Resign
Third Part The Third Great Fall and Rise – Expelled from Party, Government, and Military Leadership, Leading to Red Army Failures in Anti-Encirclement Battles and the Long March; Great Rise at the Zunyi Conference, Walking Its Own Path
Chapter The Third Great Fall
Section 1 Wang Ming's "Left" Adventure Ruling the Central Committee
Section 2 The Jiangnan Conference Faces Criticism
Section 3 Elected Chairman but Loses Military Power
Section 4 Guiding the Ningdu Uprising and Forming the Fifth Red Army Corps
Section 5 Resisting Attacking Ganzhou, Forced to Retreat to an Ancient Temple
Chapter Temporarily Gaining Military Power, Quickly Losing It
Section 1 Descending Ill to Relieve Ganzhou
Section 2 Leading the Eastern Route Army to Achieve a Victory in Zhangda
Section 3 Temporarily Regaining Military Power, Debates Arise Again
Section 4 The Ningdu Conference Again Takes Away Military Power
Section 5 Criticized in the Anti-"Luo Ming Line"
Chapter Enduring for the Party, Last Administrative Leadership Also Taken Away
Section 1 Leading Economic Construction with "Past Mistakes"
Section 2 Leading the Soviet Area Government Construction
Section 3 Enduring Responsibility for the Land Reform Movement
Section 4 Almost Expelled from the Country and Forbidden from the Long March
Chapter The Third Great Rise
Section 1 Saving the Situation During the Long March
Section 2 The Third Great Rise Began at the Zunyi Conference
Section 3 The Red Army Four Crosses the Chishui River to Break Encirclement
Section 4 Skillfully Crossing the Jinsha River
Section 5 Rushing Across the Dadu River
Section 6 Seizing Luding Bridge in the Air
Chapter Climbing Snow Mountains and Crossing Grasslands, Overcoming Zhang Guotao's Split
Section 1 Crossing Snow Mountains and Meeting the Fourth Red Army Faction
Section 2 Debate on Strategic Direction: North or South
Section 3 Crossing Grasslands and Overcoming Zhang Guotao's Split Faction
Section 4 The Main Force of the First Red Army Arrives in Shaanxi Victoriously
Chapter Establishing a Foundation in Northwest China
Section 1 Fighting to Consolidate the Shaanxi-Gansu Base
Section 2 The Wàyao Conference Formulates New Strategies
Section 3 Leading the Red Army to Achieve Victory in the Eastward Expedition
Section 4 Deciding on the Westward Expedition, Achieving Three Armies' Meeting
Section 5 Meeting American Journalist Edgar Snow
Chapter Forcing Jiang Jieshi to Resist Japan and Peacefully Resolving the Xi'an Incident
Section 1 Developing the National United Front for Resistance to Japan
Section 2 Peacefully Resolving the Xi'an Incident
Chapter Summarizing Experience and Criticizing "Left" Dogmatism
Section 1 Politically Elucidating New Strategies, Criticizing "Left" Closed-Doorism
Section 2 Militarily Explaining Active Defense, Criticizing Passive Defense
Section 3 Ideologically Criticizing Subjectivism, Elucidating Materialist Dialectics in Practice
Fourth Part Another Great Rise Confronts Severe Challenges – Implementing a Full-Scale War of Resistance, Eliminating Wang Ming's Rightist Dogmatic Interference
Chapter Formulating and Implementing the Full-Scale War of Resistance Line
Section 1 Promoting the Formation of the National United Front for Resistance to Japan
Section 2 The Luoyang Conference Formulates the Full-Scale War of Resistance Line
Section 3 The Eighth Route Army's Victory at Pingxingguan, Supporting the Front Line of Allied Forces
Section 4 The Eighth Route Army Supports Allied Forces in the Battles of Xinkou and Taiyuan Defense
Section 5 The Eighth Route Army Opens Up the Rear Areas
Chapter Facing Severe Challenges from Wang Ming's Rightist Dogmatism
Section 1 Wang Ming Returns with a "Sword of Authority"
Section 2 The December Conference Implements the "New Policy"
Section 3 The March Conference Continues to Promote the "New Policy"
Section 4 Wang Ming Carries Out His Own Plans in Wuhan
Chapter Convening the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee, Correcting Wang Ming's Rightist Errors
Section 1 Letting the Comintern Know the Truth and Making a Correct Resolution
Section 2 Conveying the International's New Instructions, Breaking Wang Ming's "Three Plans"
Section 3 Holding the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee, Correcting Rightist Errors
Chapter Continuously Advancing the Sinicization of Marxism, Thoroughlyism
Section 1 Advancing the Sinicization of Marxism, Creating the Theory of New Democracy
Section 2 Countering Wang Ming's New Dogmatic Challenge
Section 3 The Central Committee Thoroughly Clears Wang Ming's Dogmatism
Section 4 Advancing Victoriously Along the Revolution Road Opened by Mao Zedong