Mao Zedong's Military Records (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Huang Po
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book is organized chronologically, following the of battles and campaigns, from the Autumn Harvest Uprising on the Xiangjiang Border to the struggles on Jinggang Mountain, from shifting to southern Jiangxi and western Fujian to the five counter-"encirclement and suppression" campaigns, from the Long March of 25,000 li to crossing the Huanghe River north to resist Japanese aggression, and finally to the strategic against the Jiang family regime, culminating in the dispatch of troops to the Korean War. With meticulous research, exquisite writing, and a grand style, it provides a historical and artistic record of Mao Zedong's military career, showcasing his leader's charisma and strategic genius—fearless in crisis, perceptive of enemies, decisive in command, flexible in maneuver, and invincible in battle. While comprehensively describing Mao Zedong's military career, the book closely ties his revolutionary military practices to an in-depth study of his military thought, strategies, tactics, and principles of warfare. This is a large-scale documentary work in China that narrates the stories of Mao Zedong's military campaigns while researching his strategic and tactical ideas. The book consists of 54 chapters, each documenting and analyzing one or several battles or campaigns personally directed or participated in by Mao Zedong. Each chapter begins with an introduction and concludes with a summary. The introduction presents the background and outlines the battle situation, while the summary offers strategic and tactical analysis and military theoretical conclusions. The main body of each chapter revolves around Mao Zedong's activities, providing a descriptive and process-oriented, historical and artistic evaluation of the battles, making it highly ideological, deeply engaging, and highly readable.