Table of Contents:
  • The twig bends, and the tree inclines
  • United front and civil war
  • Mao takes to the hills
  • Building the Kiangsi Soviet
  • The party center moves in on Mao
  • Long marches, and the road to war
  • United front and people's war
  • Leaning to one side and walking on one leg
  • Fragrant flowers and stinking weeds
  • The east wind blows
  • Great leap and resounding fall
  • "A house divided"
  • The barrel of a gun
  • The gathering storm
  • Assault on a watertight kingdom
  • The red guard rebellion
  • The unleashing of Madame Mao
  • The Shanghai storm
  • Strategy for the seizure of power
  • The black wind of February
  • "National betrayal"
  • The center of the world
  • "Put destruction first"
  • Chairman Mao takes a trip
  • A gift of mangoes
  • Internal consolidation under external pressure
  • Going Mao's way.