DiscoverPeople's History of Ideas PodcastThe Party Center Attempts to Assert Control over the Red Army and Orders Mao and Zhu to Report to Shanghai
The Party Center Attempts to Assert Control over the Red Army and Orders Mao and Zhu to Report to Shanghai

The Party Center Attempts to Assert Control over the Red Army and Orders Mao and Zhu to Report to Shanghai

Update: 2024-04-04
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A close look at Zhou Enlai’s February 7, 1929, letter to Mao Zedong and Zhu De.

Further reading:
Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949
Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930
E. H. Carr, Foundations of a Planned Economy, vol. 3
Tony Saich, The Rise to Power of the Chinese Communist Party

Some names from this episode:
Zhou Enlai, head of the Organization Department of the Central Committee
Xiang Zhongfa, General secretary of the CP
Li Lisan, Leading Communist

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The Party Center Attempts to Assert Control over the Red Army and Orders Mao and Zhu to Report to Shanghai

The Party Center Attempts to Assert Control over the Red Army and Orders Mao and Zhu to Report to Shanghai

Matthew Rothwell