Having lived in China during the 1920's and witnessed the realities of struggle against Communism, Andre Malraux wrote Man's Fate, an example of how strong Communist strings can be. ... As a young man, he traveled to many places, one of them during his mid-twenties, which was when he witnessed the revolution in China. ... Malraux's vivid descriptions of happenings during this civil war could only come from firsthand knowledge. ... China's history is filled with revolution. ... About revolution, Mao Tse-Tung explains, "Moreover, the final objective of the revolution is t...

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• Approx Pages: 8
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Indeed, there certainly was an island revolution. That revolution was primarily a socio-economic one. ... Mao Zedong was able to able to more commoners to his cause, exploit their support, and take advantage of KMT corruption, taxation, and repression. ... Esherick offers more than one explanation for the revolution. ... Like George Washington in the American colonies or General Giap in Vietnam, Mao was smart because he recognized factors were in his favor. ...

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Mao believed that China's Marxist revolution would be victorious for the peasant class. ... During the years 1958 to 1961, Mao's leadership drastically faltered. ... As a commander of the Chinese forces, Peng rallied his forces during the Korean War in 1950. ... During this meeting, Peng criticized the Great Leap's major problems. ... The 1911 Revolution Since 1904, groups of radical young Chinese constructed revolutionary units in Hankou and Wuchang. ...

• Word Count: 4353
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During his tenure as China's premier, Mao had encouraged social movements such as the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution which had had as their bases ideologies such as serving the people and maintaining the class struggle. ... The traumatic experience of the Cultural Revolution had eroded popular trust in the moral and political virtue of the CCP. ... Deng took advantage of this economic crisis to discredit Hua and aim for leadership of the party. ...

• Word Count: 8272
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During his tenure as China's premier, Mao had encouraged social movements such as the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution which had had as their bases ideologies such as serving the people and maintaining the class struggle. ... The traumatic experience of the Cultural Revolution had eroded popular trust in the moral and political virtue of the CCP. ... Deng took advantage of this economic crisis to discredit Hua and aim for leadership of the party. ... Nathan maintained that the Mao-led revolution, which culminated in victory in 1949, had been fueled by "an int...

• Word Count: 4412
• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School