In 20th-century East Asia, nothing was more exciting and astounding than the historic fall and rise of the Chinese nation on its two-century trek from “the sick man of Asia” to national rejuvenation. Various political forces collided and fought with each other along the way. Never before had China seen such intense clashes between internal and external forces; never had the game been more complicated; never had strategic transformation been more volatile.
It fell to Mao Zedong to lead the Red
關於作者:
Jin Yinan is a professor of the Strategy Teaching & Research Department of the National Defense University of the People’s Liberation Army, major general, national model teacher, and excellent teacher of the PLA. He was “Outstanding Professor” of the National Defense University for three years from 2003 to 2005. Jin majors in national security strategy, and international conflict and crisis management. He formerly studied at the National Defense University of the United States and at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the United Kingdom. In 2006, he won the “Award for Outstanding Professional and Technical Personnel” of the PLA; in 2007, he was elected delegate to the PLA Congress of Heroes and Models; in 2008, he was named “Military Role Model for 30 Years of Reform and Opening Up”; in 2009, he was rated as “Significant Contributor to National Defense and the Military”; in 2010, he was elected “Chinese Cultural Figure.” His work Misery and Glory won the highest honor of national publication – “China Publication Government Award.”
金一南,国防大学战略教研部教授,少将军衔,全国模范教师,全军优秀教师,连续三届国防大学“杰出教授”。主要研究方向:国家安全战略,国际冲突与危机处理。曾赴美国国防大学和英国皇家军事科学院学习。2006年获全军首届“杰出专业技术人才奖”,2007年当选全军英模代表大会代表,2008年被评为“改革开放30年军营新闻人物”,2009年被评为“新中国成立后为国防和军队建设作出重大贡献、具有重大影响的先进模范人物”,2010年当选“中华文化人物”。
目錄:
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 The Fire Burning Below / 1
Sun Yat-sen’s Difficulties / 4Stalin, Man of Steel / 18Who Spotted a Winner in Mao Zedong? / 28
CHAPTER 2 An Oriental Dream / 47
A Close Neighbor but Worlds Apart / 48Rice and Water Subsistence Hatches Fascism / 59The Black Crows Take Flight / 64
CHAPTER 3 Molten Lava / 69
Leaders, Ideology and Will / 70Who Discovered Chiang Kai-shek? / 75From the Pen to the Gun / 90
CHAPTER 4 Encirclement and Suppression / 103
Li Lisan Awakens Chiang Kai-shek / 104Battlefields and Opposing Generals / 117Battlefields and Communist Generals / 137The Foreign Moon Shines Brighter / 173The Blockhouse Policy – a Chinese Initiative / 182
CHAPTER 5 The Rise of Japanese Militarism / 187
The Sub-lieutenant Assassin / 188Blood Sacrifice of the Yamato People / 194Crocodile Tears / 204
CHAPTER 6 The Fall / 217
The Foreign Moon Shines Brighter / 218Peng Dehuai, Cai Tingkai, Soong Mei-ling / 237Breaking the Encirclement – the Pain and the Glory / 250Metamorphoses / 263
CHAPTER 7 Breakthrough / 271
The Nationalists Were No Dummies / 272“Zhu and Mao Are Among the Troops for Sure” / 282Head to Head on a Narrow Road / 288
CHAPTER 8 Xiangjiang River, oh, Xiangjiang River / 309
“Chiang Hates Us More than Zhu and Mao” / 310Chiang Kai-shek, the Only One in the Dark / 316The First Corps in a Deluge of Gunfire / 323Chiang Sighs: “These Really Are Foreign Troops” / 333Military Men and Politics / 338
CHAPTER 9 Gold in the Fire / 347
Metamorphoses / 348Exhausted Remnants, Kindling to Ignite the Future / 358Chen Yi and the “Chen Yi Doctrine” / 368Doomed, but Not for All Time / 376
CHAPTER 10 All Eyes on the Vast Southwest / 381
Many Birds with a Single Stone / 382Quantitative Change, Qualitative Change / 387China Brought Forth Mao Zedong / 397KMT Generals Each Having an Axe to Grind / 402Infighting Between Liu Family Warlords for Control of Sichuan / 411
CHAPTER 11 Misery and Glory / 421
“There Are No Supreme Saviors” / 422The Phoenix Reborn / 432Red Army Encounters an Experienced Tough Foe / 444Chishui River Crossings Not a Divine Plan of Mao’s Devising / 456Into Yunnan: a Daring Move in a Desperate Situation / 464
CHAPTER 12 The Cold Iron Chains of the Dadu Bridge / 475
“Chinese Mars” Pulls Red Army Through Turbulent Jinsha River / 476Rift at Huili, the Unavoidable Happens / 482Immortal Bronze Statues / 498
CHAPTER 13 Overcast to Cloudy / 509
Currents and Undercurrents / 510A Blood-red Sunset / 526Cracks in the Solid Ice / 532
CHAPTER 14 Fortune and Misfortune Walk Hand in Hand / 541
“Zhang Guotao Is Power-obsessed” / 542Three September 9s in the Life of Mao Zedong / 553Coral Lilies in Bloom / 566
CHAPTER 15 History and the Individual / 585
Hesitation at the Watershed / 586One Word from Stalin Was Worth Ten Thousand / 603History as Decided by Individuals; Individuals as Decided by History / 622