Mao: The Real Story

Mao: The Real Story

Alexander Pantsov, Steven Levine

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C AST OF C HARACTERS

N OTE ON THE S PELLING OF C HINESE W ORDS

I NTRODUCTION : M YTHS AND R EALITIES

PART ONE: THE APPRENTICE

1 T HE F OSTER C HILD OF THE B ODHISATTVA

2 O N THE T HRESHOLD OF A N EW W ORLD

3 “I T HINK , T HEREFORE , I A M ”

4 T HE S OUND OF F OOTSTEPS IN A D ESERTED V ALLEY

5 D REAMS OF A R ED C HAMBER

6 T HE G REAT U NION OF THE P OPULAR M ASSES

7 B REATHING W ORLD R EVOLUTION, OR T HE M AGIC OF D ICTATORSHIP

8 “F OLLOWING THE R USSIAN P ATH ”

9 T HE L ESSONS OF B OLSHEVIK T ACTICS

PART TWO: THE REVOLUTIONARY

10 E NTERING THE G UOMINDANG

11 H OPES AND D ISAPPOINTMENTS

12 P LAYING WITH C HIANG K AI-SHEK

13 T HE C OLLAPSE OF THE U NITED F RONT

14 T HE P ATH TO THE S OVIETS

15 R ED B ANNER OVER THE J INGGANG M OUNTAINS

16 A S INGLE S PARK CAN S TART A P RAIRIE F IRE

17 U NDER THE C OMINTERN’S W ING

18 D OG E AT D OG , C OMMUNIST -S TYLE

19 T HE L ONG M ARCH

20 T HE X I’AN I NCIDENT

21 T HE F LIRTATIOUS P HILOSOPHER

22 C ONSOLIDATING C ONTROL OVER THE CCP

23 S TALIN , M AO, AND THE N EW D EMOCRATIC R EVOLUTION IN C HINA

PART THREE: THE DICTATOR

24 V ISIT TO THE R ED M ECCA

25 T HE K OREAN A DVENTURE

26 T HE C ONTRADICTIONS OF N EW D EMOCRACY

27 S OCIALIST I NDUSTRIALIZATION

28 T HE G REAT T URNING P OINT

29 T HE E MANCIPATION OF C ONSCIOUSNESS

30 T HE G REAT L EAP F ORWARD

31 F AMINE AND F EAR

32 “T HE D ISMISSAL OF H AI R UI FROM O FFICE ”

33 T O R EBEL I S J USTIFIED

34 T HE R ED G UARD T RAGEDY

35 T HE M YSTERY OF P ROJECT 571

36 D EATH OF THE R ED E MPEROR

E PILOGUE

A CKNOWLEDGMENTS

P HOTOGRAPHS

I LLUSTRATION C REDITS

A PPENDIX 1: M AO Z EDONG’S C HRONOLOGY

A PPENDIX 2: M AO Z EDONG’S G ENEALOGY

N OTES

B IBLIOGRAPHY

I NDEX

Alexander Pantsov, Steven Levine

Mao: The Real Story