C AST OF C HARACTERSN OTE ON THE S PELLING OF C HINESE W ORDSI NTRODUCTION : M YTHS AND R EALITIESPART ONE: THE APPRENTICE1 T HE F OSTER C HILD OF THE B ODHISATTVA2 O N THE T HRESHOLD OF A N EW W ORLD3 “I T HINK , T HEREFORE , I A M ”4 T HE S OUND OF F OOTSTEPS IN A D ESERTED V ALLEY5 D REAMS OF A R ED C HAMBER6 T HE G REAT U NION OF THE P OPULAR M ASSES7 B REATHING W ORLD R EVOLUTION, OR T HE M AGIC OF D ICTATORSHIP8 “F OLLOWING THE R USSIAN P ATH ”9 T HE L ESSONS OF B OLSHEVIK T ACTICSPART TWO: THE REVOLUTIONARY10 E NTERING THE G UOMINDANG11 H OPES AND D ISAPPOINTMENTS12 P LAYING WITH C HIANG K AI-SHEK13 T HE C OLLAPSE OF THE U NITED F RONT14 T HE P ATH TO THE S OVIETS15 R ED B ANNER OVER THE J INGGANG M OUNTAINS16 A S INGLE S PARK CAN S TART A P RAIRIE F IRE17 U NDER THE C OMINTERN’S W ING18 D OG E AT D OG , C OMMUNIST -S TYLE19 T HE L ONG M ARCH20 T HE X I’AN I NCIDENT21 T HE F LIRTATIOUS P HILOSOPHER22 C ONSOLIDATING C ONTROL OVER THE CCP23 S TALIN , M AO, AND THE N EW D EMOCRATIC R EVOLUTION IN C HINAPART THREE: THE DICTATOR24 V ISIT TO THE R ED M ECCA25 T HE K OREAN A DVENTURE26 T HE C ONTRADICTIONS OF N EW D EMOCRACY27 S OCIALIST I NDUSTRIALIZATION28 T HE G REAT T URNING P OINT29 T HE E MANCIPATION OF C ONSCIOUSNESS30 T HE G REAT L EAP F ORWARD31 F AMINE AND F EAR32 “T HE D ISMISSAL OF H AI R UI FROM O FFICE ”33 T O R EBEL I S J USTIFIED34 T HE R ED G UARD T RAGEDY35 T HE M YSTERY OF P ROJECT 57136 D EATH OF THE R ED E MPERORE PILOGUEA CKNOWLEDGMENTSP HOTOGRAPHSI LLUSTRATION C REDITSA PPENDIX 1: M AO Z EDONG’S C HRONOLOGYA PPENDIX 2: M AO Z EDONG’S G ENEALOGYN OTESB IBLIOGRAPHYI NDEX