Looking for Alternatives: The Chinese Communists

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I. . Mao's Youth
      A. Hunan
            1. Family
                  a. Rich peasant
            2. Early Education
                  a.  Schooling
                  b.  Marriage
            3. Decade of Learning (1910-1920)
                  a.  Changsha
                      -  Yang Changji
                  b.  Beijing
                      - Li Dazhao
            4. A New Era:  Mao as Revolutionary (1920-1930)
                  a. Yang Kaihui
                  b. Chinese Communist Party Congress (1921)
                  c. Communist Purge:  1927-28

II. The Rise of the CCP
         A.  Founding of the CCP
                   1.  Chen Duxiu
                   2. "Ideology of Action"
         B.  Mao Zedong:  The Early Years
                   1.  Beida (Beijing University)
                   2.  Union of the Masses
         C.  "White Terror" and the Shanghai Massacre
                   1.  Shanghai Massacre (1927)
                   2.  White Terror
                   3.  Soviet Influence:  An Error of Ways? 

III. Mao and the CCP
         A. Jiangxi Soviet
                   1. Peasantry over the Proletariat
                   2.  Adapting the Revolution: "Chinese Conditions"
                   3.  Bandit Strategies:  Force & Guile
                   4. Waning influence of the Comintern
         B. Extermination Campaigns
                    1. German aid and advisers
                    2. 4 campaigns (Dec. 1930- April 1933)
                    3. Fifth Campaign - Oct. 1933
                           • 700,000 men
                           • General Hans von Seeckt
                           • Battle of Guangchang
         C. The Long March (Oct 15, 1934 - October 1935) [map]
                    1. 10,000 people & 6,000 miles
                    2.  Issues of leadership:  Zunyi Conference (Jan. 1935)
         D. Yen'an (Sha'anxi)