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Within each category, there are multiple schools of thought, which have been broadly summed up here. Briefly, on the topic of the KMT's loss in 1949, there are those authors that emphasize its own failings and those that emphasize the success of the Communists. Additionally, there are those that look at alternative explanations, such as CCP use of propaganda or ineptitude within the KMT leadership.
Among those works detailing the success of the KMT and Republic of China on Taiwan, one can break them down into "camps,"" once again. Broadly speaking, there are those authors who champion Taiwan's economic policies and make the straightforward case that the KMT-led government of Taiwan simply got it right. And then there are those works that apply a more specific theme, namely that Taiwan's perilous security situation forced it to become economically successful. .
The Communist Revolution and the Failure of the KMT.
Inherent Problems in the Party, Government, and Society.
There seems to be little disagreement that most of the CCP's success was owed to the paramount issue. Mao Zedong was able to able to more commoners to his cause, exploit their support, and take advantage of KMT corruption, taxation, and repression. Later, he would doom China to disaster in the Cultural Revolution by continuing to embark on hard-left socialist economics and radical politics. But in the 1930s and 1940s, according to Huang, Mao was winning the hearts and minds campaign.
Before going any further, it is important to make a point for the reader. While the "alternative- authors rather unique arguments lend themselves to point-by-point analysis and criticism, let us rap up the "big picture- of why the CCP won the civil war, as offered by the major "traditional- explanations "the incompetence and repressiveness of the KMT. The ruling regime loses the revolution more often than the insurgents "win- it.
