Mao Tse-tung

PROBLEMS OF STRATEGY IN
CHINA'S REVOLUTIONARY WAR


From the
Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung
Foreign Languages Press
Peking 1967

First Edition 1965
Second Printing 1967

Vol. I, pp. 179-254.


Prepared © for the Internet by David J. Romagnolo, djr@cruzio.com (June 1997)

C O N T E N T S

Chapter I
How to Study War


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The Laws of War are Developmental
The Aim of War Is to Eliminate War
Strategy Is the Study of the Laws of a War Situation as a
Whole
The Important Thing Is to Be Good at Learning

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Chapter II
The Chinese Communist Party and China's Revolutionary War


191

Chapter III
Characteristics of China's Revolutionary War


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The Importance of the Subject
What Are the Characteristics of China's Revolutionary War?
Our Strategy and Tactics Ensuing from These Characteristics

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Chapter IV
"Encirclement and Suppresion" and Counter-Campaigns Against
It -- the Main Pattern of China's Civil War


 
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Chapter V
The Strategic Defensive


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Active and Passive Defense
Preparations for Combating "Encirclement and Suppression" Campaigns
Strategic Retreat
Strategic Counter-Offensive
Starting the Counter-Offensive
Concentration of Troops
Mobile Warfare
War of Quick Decision
War of Annihilation

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NOTES

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