Mao Zedong and his advisors [Revised Edition]

Author: Fan Hao
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: Guo Huaruo, a marshal of the founding of the People's Republic of China, had served as the acting chief of staff of the Red Army's First Front Army during the Jinggang Mountains period of the Red Army. During the Yan'an period, he served as the principal of the Fourth Branch of the Anti-Japanese Military Academy and was appointed as an advisor by Mao Zedong, working with him for many years. This book primarily tells the story of his interactions with Mao Zedong. As early as the Jinggang Mountains period of the Red Army, he was the acting chief of staff of the Red Army's First Front Army, and many of the operational orders drafted by Mao and Zhu were personally written by him. He had always supported Mao Zedong when he faced criticism and setbacks. Mao Zedong once asked him, "Am I an advocate of narrow empiricism?" He was a renowned military theorist of our party and was well-known and influential in the Guomindang-controlled areas during the war years. Mao Zedong wrote him eight letters, inviting him to serve as his "advisor." He followed Mao Zedong throughout his life, but in his later years, Mao Zedong said, "This comrade's thinking has never been in harmony with mine for decades."