Mao's Generals: Chen Yi and the New Fourth Army

University Press of America, United States, 1998,

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Author

Lanxin Xiang

Publishers

University Press of America, United States, 1998

Keyword

CINA China Chine

Binding description

Dust jacket

State of preservation

As New

Binding

Hardcover

Inscribed

First edition

Description

8vo, hardcover.pp.xi-226. Mao s Generals reevaluates the military history of Mao Zedong s seizure of power in China using all original historical materials, confronting the history as recorded by the communist party-influenced historians. It disputes the total invincibility and brilliance of Mao in military affairs by restoring credit to the generals that made significant contributions to the communist victory.The focus falls mainly on a brilliant romantic poet named Chen Yi who founded the New Fourth Army with a group of brilliant young men and led peasant guerrillas to the victory that broke the Kuomintong s backbone. Despite his accomplishments, he could not deter his eventual demise at the hands of Mao. The author uses these incidents, plus the manipulation of the Anti-Japanese War to expose the actual nature of the communist revolution and policy in China under Mao.