One of the most influential documents of our time, Mao Tse-tung's pamphlet on guerrilla warfare has become the basic textbook for waging revolution in underdeveloped and emergent areas throughout the world. Recognizing the fundamental disparity between agrarian and urban societies, Mao advocated unorthodox strategies that converted deficits into advantages: using intelligence provided by the sympathetic peasant population; substituting deception, mobility, and surprise for superior firepower; using retreat as an offensive move; and educating the inhabitants on the ideological basis of the struggle. This radical new approach to warfare, waged in jungles and mountains by mobile guerrilla bands closely supported by local inhabitants, has been adopted by other revolutionary leaders from Ho Chi Minh to Che Guevara. Mao wrote On Guerrilla Warfare in 1937 while in retreat after ten years of battling the Nationalist army of Chiang Kai-shek. Twelve years later, the Nationalist Chinese were rousted from the mainland, and Mao consolidated his control of a new nation, having put his theories of revolutionary guerrilla warfare to the test. Established governments have slowly come to recognize the need to understand and devise means to counter this new method of warfare. Samuel B. Griffith's classic translation makes Mao's treatise widely available and includes a comprehensive introduction that profiles Mao, analyzes the nature and conduct of guerrilla warfare, and considers its implications for American policy.

On Guerrilla Warfare

History

Tse-Tung, Mao

Griffith, Samuel B.

Military

University of Illinois Press

These quotations from the writings and speeches of Mao Tse-tung, the father of Chinese communism, offer a rare and penetrating insight into the political and philosophic thought of one of the most hated and revered men to ever have lived. This is a classic text in the politics of revolutionary socialism and propaganda. Note: Publication of this document does NOT constitute an endorsement by the publisher of all of its contents.

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung: "The Little Red Book"

Asia

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Mao Tse-Tung on Guerrilla Warfare

On Guerrilla Warfare is Mao's case for the extensive use of an irregular form of warfare in which small groups of combatants use mobile military tactics in the forms of ambushes and raids to combat a larger and less mobile formal army. Mao wrote the book in 1937 to convince Chinese political and military leaders that guerilla style-tactics were necessary for the Chinese to use in the Second Sino-Japanese War. The book has since become a classic and should be of interest to anyone who wants to learn about guerilla warefare and how it is effectively conducted, and anyone interested in warfare, terrorism, and revolution in general.

Mao Tse-tung on Guerrilla Warfare

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The first documented, systematic study of guerrilla warfare, Mao Tse-tung's 1937 text remains the definitive guide to orchestrating revolution in developing countries. Based on Mao's own experiences in fighting Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists and his interpretations of the classic strategies of Sun-tzu, On Guerrilla Warfare outlines the tactics that have proven effective around the world, from Vietnamese jungles to Middle Eastern deserts. Prescient in his thinking and concise in his expression, Mao conceived of guerrilla operations as a complement to traditional warfare. He explains why guerrilla activities should be integrated into conventional military procedures and discusses the organization and operation of guerrilla units. His unorthodox strategies transform disadvantages into benefits: using retreat as an offensive maneuver; indoctrinating locals for employment as spies; and compensating for lack of firepower with speed, surprise, and initiative. Translator Samuel B. Griffith provides a comprehensive introduction in which he profiles Mao, examines the nature and conduct of guerrilla warfare, and considers the implications of such warfare for American policy.

On Guerrilla Warfare (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science)

Dover Publications

Mao Tse-Tung, Selected Works V1: 1926-1936

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Kessinger Publishing

Mao Tsetung's critique of Soviet economics comes out of a period when the Chinese people were beginning to rethink the course of their revolution and what it meant to build a socialist society along line different from the Soviet model. Mao comes to grips with the most general issues of the revolution.

A Critique of Soviet Economics

Business & Money

Economics

Monthly Review+press

Eleven years before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and ten months into the Japanese invasion of China, Mao's discussion of protracted war provides fascinating historical insights through an original source document discussing the "War of Resistance".

On Protracted War

University Press of the Pacific

Originally published in China in 1966, this book contains four essays on philosophy by Mao Tse-tung. They include "On Practice," "On Contradiction," "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People," and "Where Do Correct Ideas Come From?"

Mao Tse-Tung: Four Essays on Philosophy

Selected Readings from the Works of Mao Tsetung

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Format Paperback Subject Political Science Political Ideologies Publisher University Press of the Pacific

Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung

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