Beating Back Suppression Campaigns and Expanding the Jinggangshan Base Area (May to June 1928)
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Mao Zedong and Zhu De learn warfare through warfare as they face continuing onslaughts from Guomindang forces. Further reading/watching: Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highlands: China’s Jinggangshan Base Area Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 China: A Century of Revolution documentary Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), “Experiences of the People’s War and Some Important Questions” Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), “Advance in the Great Direction of Creating Base Areas!” Mao Zedong, “Problems of Strategy in China’s Revolutionary War” Name from this episode: Sunzi [Sun Tzu], Ancient Chinese general Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ)
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