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Introduction: Myths and realities
Pt. 1. The apprentice : The foster child of the bodhisattva ; On the threshold of a new world ; "I think, therefore, I am" ; The sound of footsteps in a deserted valley ; Dreams of a red chamber ; The great union of the popular masses ; Breathing world revolution, or the magic of dictatorship ; "Following the Russian path" ; The lessons of Bolshevik tactics
Pt. 2. The revolutionary : Entering the Guomindang ; Hopes and disappointments ; Playing with Chiang Kai-shek ; The collapse of the united front ; The path to the Soviets ; Red banner over the Jinggang Mountains ; A single spark can start a prairie fire ; Under the Comintern's wing ; Dog eat dog, Communist-style ; The Long March ; The Xi'an Incident ; The flirtatious philosopher ; Consolidating control over the CCP ; Stalin, Mao, and the New Democratic revolution in China
Pt. 3. The dictator : Visit to the Red Mecca ; The Korean adventure ; The contradictions of New Democracy ; Socialist industrialization ; The great turning point ; The emancipation of consciousness ; The Great Leap Forward ; Famine and fear ; "The Dismissal of Hai Rui from Office" ; To rebel is justified ; The Red Guard tragedy ; The mystery of Project 571 ; Death of the red emperor ; Epilogue
Appendix: Mao Zedong's chronology
Appendix: Mao Zedong's genealogy.
Note on the spelling of Chinese words
Introduction: Myths and realities
Pt. 1. The apprentice : The foster child of the bodhisattva ; On the threshold of a new world ; "I think, therefore, I am" ; The sound of footsteps in a deserted valley ; Dreams of a red chamber ; The great union of the popular masses ; Breathing world revolution, or the magic of dictatorship ; "Following the Russian path" ; The lessons of Bolshevik tactics
Pt. 2. The revolutionary : Entering the Guomindang ; Hopes and disappointments ; Playing with Chiang Kai-shek ; The collapse of the united front ; The path to the Soviets ; Red banner over the Jinggang Mountains ; A single spark can start a prairie fire ; Under the Comintern's wing ; Dog eat dog, Communist-style ; The Long March ; The Xi'an Incident ; The flirtatious philosopher ; Consolidating control over the CCP ; Stalin, Mao, and the New Democratic revolution in China
Pt. 3. The dictator : Visit to the Red Mecca ; The Korean adventure ; The contradictions of New Democracy ; Socialist industrialization ; The great turning point ; The emancipation of consciousness ; The Great Leap Forward ; Famine and fear ; "The Dismissal of Hai Rui from Office" ; To rebel is justified ; The Red Guard tragedy ; The mystery of Project 571 ; Death of the red emperor ; Epilogue
Appendix: Mao Zedong's chronology
Appendix: Mao Zedong's genealogy.