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China: A Political History, 1917-1980

by Richard C. Thornton. 520 pgs.

Contributors:

   Richard C. Thornton

Publisher:

   Westview Press

Place of Publication:

  Boulder, CO  

Publication Year:

  1982

Subjects:

Communism--China--History, China--Politics And Government--1912-1949, China--Politics And Government--1949-

	Contents
	Preface	xv
	Part I The Origin and Development of Chinese Communism, 1917-1941
I	To Build a Communist Movement in China, 1917-1927	3
	The Bolshevik Experience	4
	The Soviet Union Aids the Kuomintang	6
	Chiang Kai-shek and the Communists	8
	The Communist Attempt to Seize Power	10
	Stalin, Trotsky, and the Chinese Revolution	16
	The Communists in Revolt	19
II	The "Soviet" Experiment, 1927-1931	24
	Moscow's Policy in Practice	28
	Moscow's Misgivings	30
	The Chinese Eastern Railway Crisis	32
	The Formulation of the Li Li-san Line	34
	The Fateful Decision to Adopt the Li Li-san Line	39
	The Tide Turns Against Li Li-san	42
	The Comintern Reasserts Control	44
III	Defeat in Kiangsi, 1931-1934	49
	The Internationalists "Bolshevize" the Party	50
	The Establishment of the Chinese Soviet Republic	54
	Tokyo,Moscow, and Juichin	56
	The Fourth Encirclement Campaign-Stalemate	58
	Mobilization for Armageddon	65
	The Fukien Rebellion	69
	Defeat and Flight from the Central Soviet Area	74
	IV From the Long March to the United Front, 1934-1937	76
	Long March--The First Six Hundred Miles	76
	The Tsunyi Conference	78
	Long March--Phase Two: The Conflict with Chang Kuo-t'ao	81
	Organizational Reconstitution of the Communist System	87
	International United Front	88
	The CCP and the United Front	90
	Turning Point at Sian	95
	Continuation of the Internal Struggle	98
	V The Road to War, 1937-1941	100
	United Front Policy in China	102
	Stalin, Wang Ming, and Mao Tse-tung	105
	The Two-Front War Danger Mounts	110
	From the Nazi-Soviet Pact to the Fall of France	114
	Strategic Impact of the Fall of France	121
	Part II The American Experience in China, 1941-1949
VI	World War II, the United States and China, 1941-1944	127
	The Strategic Defensive	127
	Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Tse-tung, and World War II	130
	Mao Gains Command of the CCP	133
	World War II, the Turning Point	137
	Cairo-Tehran-Cairo	141
	The Final Counteroffensive and America's "China Policy"	144
	Nationalists and Communists Negotiate	146
	Shifts in American Policy Emphasis	149
	China Crisis--Japanese and American	151
	Renewed American Efforts Toward Unification	156
VII	The United States, the Soviet Union, and China, 1945	160
	Yalta, Outline for the Postwar World	160
	The Immediate Repercussions of Yalta	163
	Chiang Initiates and Mao Responds to "Constitutional Government"	165
	The "Victory" of Mao Tse-tung	169
	Gnawing Doubts Weaken the Prospects for Soviet-American Cooperation	171
	The Effort to Stabilize Manchuria	178
	The Soviet Union, the United States, and China	180
	The Appointment of General Marshall	184
VIII	Strategies in Conflict, 1946-1949	188
	Marshall Arranges a Settlement, December 22-March 11	188
	Chiang Kai-shek Takes the Initiative	193
	America's Failure in China	196
	The Soviet Achievement in China	205
	The Truman Doctrine and American China Policy	207
	Victory of the Chinese Communists	212
	The Chinese Revolution in Global Perspective	216
	Part III The Sino-Soviet Relationship, 1949-1968
IX	The Soviet Union and the Chinese People's Republic, 1949-1959	227
	Strategy of Conflict	227
	The Establishment of the Chinese People's Republic	231
	The Politics of Centralization	233
	Stalin's Death and the Succession Struggle	238
	Twentieth Party Congress of the CPSU and Its Aftermath	242
	Eighth Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party	244
	Great Leap Forward: The Choice for Independent Action	249
X	The Polarization of Communist Politics, 1959-1965	252
	The Military Response to the Great Leap	253
	Breach in Sino-Soviet Relations	255
	Economic Crisis and Organizational Conflict	256
	Mao Tse-tung and the PLA	259
	Army Corps, Regional Forces, and Militia	261
	Struggle for the Provincial Apparatus, Phase I	264
	Struggle for the Provincial Apparatus, Phase II	267
	The Fall of Khrushchev and Vietnam	271
XI	The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution-- I: The Mounting Crisis, 1965-1967	278
	The Decision to Initiate the "Cultural" Revolution	278
	Mao Tse-tung Takes the Offensive	282
	The Great "Proletarian" Cultural Revolution--Initial Strategy	285
	The Red Guards, Mao's Student Left	289
	The Attempt to "Seize Power"	294
	Crisis in Peking over Greater PLA Involvement	298
	Mao Alters the Theoretical Basis of the Cultural Revolution	302
	The Mounting Crisis, February-March 1967	306
XII	The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution-- II: Protracted Crisis, 1967-1968	310
	"Carry the Cultural Revolution Through to the Very End"	310
	Failure of Mao's Policy and Increase in Violence	314
	To Whom the Leading Role, Rebels or Soldiers?	318
	The Attempt to Construct a Civil-Military "Balance"	324
	Cultural Revolution on the Verge of Success	328
	The Decision to Terminate the Cultural Revolution	331
	"Unity and Strength Under Chairman Mao and Vice-Chairman Lin"	335
	The Soviet Legacy	338
	Part IV The Evolution of U.S.-China Relations, 1969-1980
XIII	China in a Tri-Polar World, 1969-1973	341
	The Soviet Union Probes China's Defenses	341
	The Continuing Struggle in Peking: The Challenge of Lin Piao	345
	The Second Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party	347
	The "Lin Piao Incident"	350
	Peking, Washington, and Moscow	355
XIV	The End of the Maoist Era, 1973-1976	361
	The Return to Power of Teng Hsiao-p'ing and Moscow's Offer	361
	From the Tenth Party Congress to the Fourth National People's Congress	367
	Internal Change and Foreign Policy Stagnation	372
	The Death of Chou En-lai and Designation of Mao's Heir	378
	Dissolution of the Maoist Coalition	383
XV	The Struggle for Succession, 1976-1978	386
	The Fall of the Gang of Four	386
	The "Selection" of Chairman Hua Kuo-feng	389
	Hua Kuo-feng, Yeh Chien-ying, Teng Hsiao-p'ing-- Triumvirate Inchoate	391
	Teng Hsiao-p'ing's Return to Power and Peking's Uneasy Coalition	396
	The Soviet Decision to Increase Military Pressure on China	400
	Strategy, Counterstrategy, and Normalization	403
	The Rise to Power of Teng Hsiao-p'ing	407
XVI	Whither China? The Uncertain Future, 1978-1980	411
	The Third Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party	411
	The War with Vietnam: Lesson That Backfired or Signal to Moscow?	417
	The Abortive Opening to Moscow	422
	The Fifth Plenum and the Fate of Hua Kuo-feng	427
	Teng Hsiao-p'ing in Command of Chinese Politics	431
	Implications for the Future	435
	Notes	441
	Suggested Readings	498
	Index	500

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