This book examines the Third Chinese Revolutionary Civil War of
1945-1949, which resulted in the victory of the Chinese Communist
Party (CCP) over Chiang Kaishek and the Guomindang (GMD) and the
founding of The People's Republic of China in 1949. It provides a
military and strategic history of how the CCP waged and ultimately
won the war, the transformation its armed forces and how the
Communist leadership interacted with each other.
Whereas most explanations of the CCP's eventual victory focus on
the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-45, when the revolution was
supposedly won as a result of the communists' invention of "peasant
nationalism," this book shows that the outcome of the revolution
was not a foregone conclusion in 1945. It explains how the eventual
victory of the communists resulted from important strategic
decisions taken on both sides, in particular the remarkable
transformation of the communist army from an insurgent / guerrilla
force into a conventional army. The book also explores how the
hierarchy of The People's Republic of China developed during the
war. It shows how Mao's power was based as much on his military
acumen as his political thought, above all his role in formulating
and implementing a successful military strategy in the war of
1945-49.
It also describes how other important figures, such as Lin Biao,
Deng Xiaoping, Nie Rongzhen, Liu Shaoqi and Chen Yi, made their
reputations during the conflict; and reveals the inner workings of
the first political-military elite of the PRC. Overall, this book
is an important resource for anyone seeking to understand the
origins and early history of The People's Republic of China, the
Chinese Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army.
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