Alliances, Discipline, and an Army to Serve the People: The Beginning of the Jinggangshan Base Area (October 1927)

People's History of Ideas Podcast - En podcast af Matthew Rothwell - Lørdage

Mao forges an alliance with Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo, and the Revolutionary Army builds its capacity as a political force. Further reading: Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highlands: China’s Jinggangshan Base Area Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Some names from this episode: Long Chaoqing, secretary of the Ninggang County Committee of the Communist Party Yuan Wencai, bandit leader who joined with Mao Zedong Wang Zuo, bandit leader who joined with ...

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