The Art of War by Mao Tse-tung - Special Edition
by Mao Tse-tung
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Author: Mao Tse-tungEditor: James H. Ford
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-15
ISBN: 097607267X
Number of pages: 328
Publisher: El Paso Norte Press
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Book Review: A Master at Work
Summary: 5 Stars
Whether you want to start a revolution or prevent one, everyone who has an interest in political power has a valid reason to read these important essays by the 20th century's most successful revolutionary. Mao Tse-tung understood and used the keys to power as effectively as they have ever been used. This book is a prime example of Mao at work - exhorting, cajoling and instructing - at a time when he was closely in touch with the hearts and minds of his people.
Those who tend to dismiss Mao Tse-tung as a demagogue miss the point that he had a agenda that was separate and apart from his ideology: to rule and reform China. He first sold his revolution to the people on the basis of their discontent and rationalized his political views to obtain his objectives. He was a master of contorted logic, rationalization, salesmanship - effective propaganda. This book shows him, in his own words, at his most subtle and persuasive.
That is not to say that Chairman Mao did not deeply care for the welfare of China and her people. To begin the movement of the massive feudal kingdom that was China in the early 20th century toward the world power that China is rapidly becoming will be remembered by history as the step that lifted countless millions from abject poverty. Who is to say that Mao's ends did not justify his means?
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Description: The Art Of War By Mao Tse-tung - Special Edition As the revolutionary leader who conquered China, Mao Tse-tung was undoubtedly a great strategist. The parallels between Chairman Mao's thoughts on strategy and those of Sun Tzu belie a direct lineage of culture and genius spanning twenty-five centuries. This Special Edition of "The Art of War" by Mao Tse-tung contains, for the first time in a single volume, his four most important discourses on warfare: "Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War" "Problems of Strategy in Guerrilla War Against Japan" "On Protracted War" "Problems of War and Strategy" "Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War", considers the rational and classical stratagems underlying the conduct of a successful war. "Problems of Strategy in Guerrilla War Against Japan", discusses the conduct of guerrilla actions relative to, and within, conventional warfare. "On Protracted War", deals with a wide range of topics including mobile warfare, guerrilla warfare, positional warfare, war of attrition and war of annihilation. "Problems of War and Strategy" summarizes the lessons of the previous discourses and reiterates the famous dictum: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." Other volumes in "The Art of War Special Edition" series include: The Art of War by Sun Tzu - Special Edition The Art of War By Baron De Jomini - Special Edition The Art of War & The Prince By Machiavelli - Special EditionStrategy Books
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