The birth of the CCP military-fiscal state in Shandong
Moving towards confrontation
Escalation and the CCP's financial framework
Institutions of economic control
Pre-Pearl Harbor policy changes
From the strategies of confrontation to Time-killing
Perseverance
Financial pressure, Xu Muqiao, and salt
Turning point and encroachments
Accessing the enemy's resources for post-war rivalry
The campaign to reduce rents and interest rates
Glossary
Documents of the CCP central authorities
Mao Zedong
Authorities in Shandong
Documents on economic affairs in wartime Shandong
Archival materials
Memoirs, collected works, and scholarly works
English language sources.