Mao's Road to Power

This final volume in the series, Volume 10, covers the period from the Chinese Communist Party's Strategic Offense during the Civil War to the Establishment of the People's Republic of China, July 1947 to October 1949.

The series, Mao's Road to Power, consisting of translations of Mao Zedong's writings from 1912 to 1949, provides abundant documentation in his own words on his life and thought as well as developments in China during the pre-1949 period. This final volume in the series, Volume 10, covers the period from the Chinese Communist Party's Strategic Offense during the Civil War to the Establishment of the People's Republic of China, July 1947 to October 1949.

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Joseph Fewsmith is Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies, USA.

Nancy Hearst is the librarian of the Fairbank Collection of the H.C. Fung Library, Harvard University, USA.

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IN EACH BATTLE, FOCUS ON ANNIHILATING ISOLATED AND DISPERSED ENEMY TROOPS (July 1, 1947) ANOTHER UTTERLY ABSURD ATTEMPT BY THE CHIANG GOVERNMENT (July 2, 1947) TWO PLANS FOR DESTROYING HU ZONGNAN AND TAKING THE GREAT NORTHWEST (July 4, 1947) THE GENERAL POLICY TO BE ADOPTED AT PRESENT IS TO DIVIDE THE FORCES INTO FOUR ROUTES AND EACH TO FIGHT ITS OWN BATTLES (July 4, 1947) SUMMARY OF ONE YEAR OF FIGHTING AND PLANS FOR THE FUTURE (July 10, 1947) LETTER TO CHEN JINKUN (July 13, 1947) TRAITOR CHIANG KAISHEK DESERVES TO BE PUNISHED BY EVERY CHINESE FOR BETRAYING THE COUNTRY AND RUINING THE PEOPLE (July 13, 1947) REDIRECT CHEN AND XIE'S COLUMN TO CROSS THE RIVER AND MARCH SOUTH (July 19, 1947) SPEECH AT THE ENLARGED MEETING OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY AT XIAOHE (July 21, 1947) MILITARY DEPLOYMENT TO SAFEGUARD AND EXPAND STRATEGIC LEVERAGE (July 23, 1947) COMMENT ON COMRADE LIU SHAOQI'S LETTER TO THE COMRADES IN SHANXI AND SUIYUAN (July 25, 1947) COMPLETING PREPARATORY WORK FOR FIGHTING IN THE GUOMINDANG AREAS (July 26, 1947) BATTLE ASSIGNMENTS FOR LIU-DENG, CHEN-XIE, AND OTHER UNITS (July 29, 1947) PREPARATORY WORK FOR THE MARCH TO THE DABIE MOUNTAINS BY LIU AND DENG'S ARMY (July 30, 1947) YOU MUST TRY TO REST BETWEEN BATTLES (July 30, 1947) BATTLE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE FIVE COLUMNS OF THE EAST CHINA FIELD ARMY AFTER THEY CROSS THE CANAL (August 5, 1947) ESTIMATION OF THE ENEMY'S COUNTERMEASURES AFTER LIU AND DENG SET OUT (August 6, 1947) RECTIFY THE TROOP CONFIGURATION TO BOLSTER EFFORTS TO WIN NEW VICTORIES (August 6, 1947) CHEN AND SU'S SIX COLUMNS SHOULD DRAW TOGETHER AT THE INTERIOR LINE AND PIN DOWN THE ENEMY (August 7, 1947) THREE OPINIONS REGARDING OUR ARMY'S SOUTHWARD ADVANCE (August 12, 1947) OVERCOME DIFFICULTY AND STRIVE TO TRANSFORM THE ENTIRE MILITARY SITUATION (August 21, 1947) ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION ON THE BATTLEFIELD IN THE NORTHWEST (August 22, 1947) NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY CORRESPONDENT'S COMMENTS ON THE VICTORY IN NORTHERN SHAANXI (August 23, 1947) THE WESTERN CORPS SHOULD ACTIVELY SUPPORT LIU AND DENG IN COMBAT WITH COORDINATED ACTION (August 24, 1947) OUR ARMY'S COUNTERMEASURES TO CHIANG KAISHEK'S PLAN IS TO DRAW TROOPS FROM EASTERN JIAOZHOU (August 25, 1947) IT IS NECESSARY TO STRESS BOTH ANNIHILATING THE ENEMY AND DEALING THE ENEMY DESTRUCTIVE BLOWS (August 28, 1947) ADOPTING THE OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLE OF HALF ANNIHILATING AND HALF ROUTING WHILE ON THE MOVE (August 29, 1947) OUR ARMY IN THE NORTHEAST SHOULD BEGIN FIGHTING IN THE LATTER HALF OF SEPTEMBER SO AS TO COORDINATE WITH THE SOUTHERN LINE (August 29, 1947) DIRECTIVE FROM THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON A REVIEW OF THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR OF LIBERATION AND STRATEGIC PRINCIPLES FOR THE SECOND YEAR (September 1, 1947) THE SPHERE AND PRINCIPLES OF MILITARY OPERATIONS FOR CHEN AND XIE'S FORCES (September 2, 1947) QUICKLY ESTABLISH A MENTALITY OF FIGHTING WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM THE REAR AREA (September 3, 1947) WE MUST BE DETERMINED TO ESTABLISH BASE AREAS IN HEBEI, HENAN, AND SHAANXI (September 4, 1947) THE LAND CONFERENCE SHOULD ADOPT A POLICY OF DIVIDING ALL LAND EQUALLY (September 6, 1947) COMBAT DEPLOYMENT AFTER THE ANNIHILATION OF THE ENEMY'S FIFTY-SEVENTH DIVISION (September 11, 1947) TO MAO ANYING (September 12, 1947) THE CURRENT BATTLE SITUATION IN EACH WAR ZONE (September 15, 1947) CHEN AND SU'S UNITS SHOULD FIGHT SMALL BATTLES, NOT LARGE ONES, DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO MONTHS (October 3, 1947) TO MAO ANYING (October 8, 1947) DO NOT FIGHT ANY BATTLES IN WHICH VICTORY CANNOT BE ASSURED (October 8, 1947) OUR ARMY HAS COMPLETELY SHIFTED TO A COUNTEROFFENSIVE (October 8, 1947) THE GENERAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY PROMULGATES THE THREE MAIN RULES OF DISCIPLINE AND THE EIGHT POINTS FOR ATTENTION (October 10, 1947) MANIFESTO OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY (October 10, 1947) THE SITUATION AND OUR EXPERIENCES ON THE BATTLEFRONT IN THE NORTHWEST (October 11, 1947) CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY SPOKESPERSON STERNLY EXPOSES COLLUSION BETWEEN CHIANG KAISHEK AND THE UNITED STATES IN MURDERING AND PERSECUTING DEMOCRATIC PERSONAGES (October 12, 1947) AFTER TAKING JILIN, THE MAIN DIRECTION OF ATTACK SHOULD SHIFT TO THE BEIPING-SHENYANG AND BEIPING-SUIYUAN LINES (October 13, 1947) ON THE COMMAND AND ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM OF THE EASTERN AND WESTERN CORPS AND OTHER QUESTIONS (October 15, 1947) ARRANGEMENTS FOR FORMING MOBILE FIELD ARMIES AND FIGHTING DISPERSED BATTLES (October 20, 1947) WE MUST AVOID EXCESSIVE LEFTIST TENDENCIES IN DEALING WITH THE LIBERAL BOURGEOISIE (October 26, 1947) LESSONS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE (November 3, 1947) WE ARE COMPLETELY ASSURED OF THOROUGHLY OVERTHROWING CHIANG KAISHEK'S REACTIONARY CLIQUE (November 6, 1947) THE QUESTION OF THE JIN-CHA-JI FIELD ARMY COOPERATING IN BATTLE IN THE NORTHEAST (November 17, 1947) LETTER TO WU CHUANGGUO (November 18, 1947) LETTER TO ZHANG SHUSHI (November 18, 1947) LETTER TO WU YUZHANG (November 18, 1947) LETTER TO CHEN JINKU (November 18, 1947) PAY ATTENTION TO CORRECTING "LEFT" DEVIATING ERRORS DURING LAND REFORM (November 29, 1947) SPOKESPERSON OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY STERNLY CENSURES THE FILTHY TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN CHIANG KAISHEK AND THE UNITED STATES (December 2, 1947) TRANSFORM OLD ART, CREATE NEW ART (December 21, 1947) REGARDING WINTER WAR DEPLOYMENTS IN THE NORTHEAST (December 23, 1947) NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY REPORTER'S COMMENTS ON THE GREAT VICTORY OF OUR ARMY'S CAMPAIGN TO DESTROY AND ATTACK ON THE SOUTHERN FRONT (December 24, 1947) THE PRESENT SITUATION AND OUR TASKS (December 25, 1947) TALK AT THE YANGJIAGOU ENLARGED CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING (December 25 and 28, 1947) 1948 INSTRUCTIONS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY ON ESTABLISHING A REPORTING SYSTEM (January 7, 1948) DO NOT DESTROY, OR DESTROY ONLY TACTICALLY, CERTAIN RAILWAYS ****(January 8, 1948) BATTLE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CENTRAL PLAINS REGION DURING THE NEXT TWO TO THREE MONTHS (January 9, 1948) DIRECTIVE REGARDING FLEXIBLE BATTLE TACTICS FOR SU YU'S FORCES A WIDE AREA (January 10, 1948) WE SHOULD ADOPT A POSITIVE AND COOPERATIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD CENTRISTS WHO CAN BE WON OVER (January 14, 1948) ASKING FOR DENG XIAOPING'S VIEWS ON SEVERAL POLICY ISSUES CONCERNING THE NEWLY LIBERATED AREAS (January 14, 1948) SPEECH AT THE ENLARGED MEETING OF THE NORTHWEST FIELD ARMY FRONT COMMITTEE (January 15, 1948) STUDY THE POLICY OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, RECTIFY ERRONEOUS VIEWPOINTS (January 16, 1948) ON SEVERAL IMPORTANT ISSUES IN CURRENT PARTY POLICY (January 18, 1948) AN ORDER TO CORRECT "LEFTIST" ERRORS (January 20, 1948) INSTRUCTIONS TO SU YU ON LAND REFORM IN THE NEWLY LIBERATED REGIONS (January 22, 1948) OVERALL ORIENTATION FOR THE THREE-MONTH BATTLE BY THE THREE ARMIES ON THE SOUTHERN FRONT (January 26, 1948) THE DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT IN THE ARMY (January 30, 1948) REMARKS ON ZHU DE'S LETTER TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (Januar…