Mao Zedong's Ideology and Leadership in the Struggle for Power (1935–1949)

What this note covers

1. Mao's Adaptation of Marxism-Leninism to Chinese Conditions
2. The Long March and the Road to Yan'an (1934–1935)
3. The Yan'an Rectification Campaign (1942–1944)
4. Military Strategy: People's War and the Civil War (1946–1949)
5. Mass Mobilisation and the United Front Strategy
6. Meisner's Assessment: Ideological Agency and the 'Sinification' of Marxism
7. Evaluating Mao's Role: Causation and the Historian's Method

7 sections · 12 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes