Socialism in China (1919-1965).

Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Marxism Introduced to China after the Russian October Revolution -- Initiated by Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu, the Communist Party of China Is Founded -- Chapter 2: Formulation of Ultimate and Interim Party Programs Based on Prevailing Conditions in China -- Two-step Approach for Party's Strategies -- Chapter 3: During Chen Jiongming's Mutiny, Sun Yat-sen Escapes Aboard the Yongfeng -- Sun Decides to Ally with the Soviet Union and the CPC -- Chapter 4: The United Front Founded, the National Revolution Rolls On -- Sun Yat-sen Dies but His Legacy Continues -- Chapter 5: Chiang Kai-shek Launches Attacks on Communists in Shanghai -- the CPC Realizes that Political Power Grows out of the Barrel of a Gun -- Chapter 6: To Besiege Cities from the Countryside, the Jinggang Base Is Built -- a Single Spark Starts a Prairie Fire, the Red Army Is Founded -- Chapter 7: Fighting Dogmatism, the CPC Finds the Right Path -- Exploring a New Way to Govern, the People's Republic in Embryo -- Chapter 8: Wang Ming's Leftist Policy Leads the Revolution Astray -- Bo Gu's Blind Command Takes the Red Army up a Blind Alley -- Chapter 9: The Zunyi Meeting Corrects the Direction of the Party -- the Long March Keeps Alive the Embers of Revolution -- Chapter 10: Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng Capture Chiang in the Xi'an Incident -- Zhang Wentian and Mao Zedong Mediate for a United Front between KMT and CPC against Japanese Aggression -- Chapter 11: A Whole Nation United as One to Resist Japanese Aggression -- the CPC Wins Wide Respect for Defending National Unity -- Chapter 12: Mao Zedong Crystallizes His Thoughts on the New-Democracy Theory -- Shaanxi-Gansu Base Experiments the Model of the People's Republic -- Chapter 13: Complying with the Historical Trend, the CPC Issues May Day Slogans.

Joining Hands to Found a Democratic Government, the CPC and the Democratic Parties Formulate the Common Program -- Chapter 14: New-democratic Blueprint Cures the Wounds of War -- Land Reform Makes Land-to-the-tiller Dream Come True -- Chapter 15: China Chooses Alliance with the Soviet Union -- Implementation of the First Five-Year Plan Leads to Economic and Social Advancement -- Chapter 16: A Premature Transition to Socialism under the General Line which Replaces the Common Program -- Too Eager to Complete the Transformation of Agriculture, Handicraft and Industrial and Commercial Industries -- Chapter 17: Khrushchev Repudiates Personality Cult in His Secret Report -- Eighth CPC National Congress Explores New Path Based on In-depth Research -- Chapter 18: The Intra-Party Rectification Movement Turns into the Anti-Rightist Campaign -- Purge Escalates and Becomes Reckless -- Chapter 19: Following a Right Track Not for Rash Advance, a Sober Mind Ensures Steady Progress -- the Feverish Great Leap Forward Ends in Debacle and the Utopia Is But a Dream -- Chapter 20: Premature People's Communes Waste Money and Manpower, Causing Lasting Calamities -- Communization Results in Chaos and Disunity, an Expensive Lesson -- Chapter 21: Overnight Change of Direction at the Lushan Conference, from Correcting Leftist Mistakes to Fighting Rightist Opportunism -- the Anti-Rightist Storm Surges across the Country, Millions of Innocents Are Wronged -- Chapter 22: Three-year Great Leap Forward Plunges China into an Abyss -- Readjustment Policy Helps Rescue the Nation -- Chapter 23: Guarding against Revisionism, the "Four Clear-ups" Movement Aims to Purge "Dissidents" within the Party -- Focusing on the Class Struggle, Mao's New Thought Sets the Tone for the Cultural Revolution -- Bibliography -- Afterword -- Copyright.

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