How the Fourth Red Army spent their time in Donggu, and how they took the first city in the new base area in the Jiangxi-Fujian border region.
Further reading:
Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949
Agnes Smedley, The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh [Zhu De]
Joseph Fewsmith, Forging Leninism in China: Mao and the Remaking of the Chinese Communist Party, 1927–1934
Gao Hua, How the Red Sun Rose: The Origins and Development of the Yan’an Rectification Movement, 1930-1945
Stephen Averill, “The Origins of the Futian Incident”
Some names from this episode:
Xiao Ke, an officer in the Fourth Red Army
Peng Pai, Communist peasant organizer
Long Chaoqing, important early Communist in Jinggangshan area
Peng Dehuai, Leader of the 5th Red Army
Guo Fengming, Bandit turned Guomindang local despot in Changting
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The Guangzhou Commune (December 11-13, 1927)
Red Canton: Background to the Guangzhou Uprising of December 1927
‘Blind Actionism’ in Action: Understanding the Hundreds of Small Revolts Led by Communists at the End of the 1920s in China
Summing Up Failures, or Playing the Blame Game? The November 1927 Politburo Meeting in Shanghai
Sedan Chairs, Tired Intellectuals, and Indifferent Masses: The Denouement of the Nanchang Uprising/Southern Expedition (August to October 1927)
Hearts, Minds, and a Head on a Spike: The Unification of People and Forces in the Jinggangshan
Secret Agent for International Maoism: José Venturelli, Chinese Informal Diplomacy and Latin American Maoism
Two Incursions, One Betrayal, and Six Points for Attention: The Red Army in Chaling and Suichuan (October 1927 to January 1928)
Alliances, Discipline, and an Army to Serve the People: The Beginning of the Jinggangshan Base Area (October 1927)
The Early Jinggangshan Revolutionary Movement
Mao’s Bandit Comrades: Wang Zuo and Yuan Wencai
Bandits of the Jinggangshan
Background on Society and Economy in the Jinggang Mountains
Entering the Jinggangshan: The Sanwan Reorganization of the People’s Army
The Autumn Harvest Uprising in Hunan
Planning the Autumn Harvest Uprising in Hunan
The Autumn Harvest Uprising in Hubei
The “Tender-Hearted Communist:” Qu Qiubai
Army or Militia? Mao and the Politburo Diverge on Military Policy for the Autumn Harvest Uprising
The Decisive Turn to Overthrowing the Guomindang: The 7 August 1927 Emergency Conference
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