Bart Solbach Hist 584 Professor Greene October 31‚ 2012 The Will of the People In modern warfare‚ it is important to consider‚ effectively winning the hearts and minds of the people. This is especially important if the war being fought is a civil war‚ as ultimately the most a government has to fear is its own people. Successfully doing so is to show your force as more of a power for good than that of your enemy‚ or barring that being the lesser of two evils. The CCP succeeded due to the peasantry
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After taking full control of China in 1949 Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had taken full control of China. Many arguments have a firm belief that the CCP had the people in fear. They used different and certainly a couple extreme methods. They used the Laogai which seemed to be humane in theory but wasn’t in practice‚ the 3 and 5 Anti Movements; which targeted the capitalist middle class and the use of Registration in order for the people to obtain accommodation and work. Nonetheless
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Mohandas Gandhi and Mao Zedong were two great leaders who succeeded in many ways by their actions and decisions. Gandhi was an Indian leader and Mao a Chinese leader. However‚ their approach to success‚ peace‚ and ultimately‚ a revolution‚ was very different. Mao favored peace through violence‚ and Gandhi favored peace through non-cooperation and standing up for what is right. He also believed that these changes will be accomplished by “conscious suffering”‚ was the way he put it. However‚ despite
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that CPC forces had a great advantage of guerilla warfare‚ with over two million militias engaging in an active warfare by the end of 1946 . In terms of morale of the soldiers‚ CPC had an advantage as a result of pledges of the Communist leader‚ Mao Zedong‚ to the peasant and poor people (especially about the private land holding)‚ which he would realize if CPC won the civil war. As time went on‚ by the end of 1947‚ with the great help of guerilla warfare tactics‚ CPC wiped out 1.2 million KMT troops
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Michael Lynch * Mao was convinced that the workers needed to be organized and engaged revolutionaries‚ and that they had to be led by advance-guards and a strong leader. * Maoism wanted peasant-revolution because he regarded it as the most appropriate. Mao redefined dialectics and felt that the revolution ended with the peasant revolution. He did not want people to be freed or develop into citizens. Mao wanted to keep the central power and the old imperial traditions. Mao picked pieces from
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1949-1962” Question 1: “The changes the CCP initiated in the period 1949 to 1958 were of benefit to the peasants and to China” Between 1949 and 1958‚ Chairman Mao Zedong implemented large scale changes to China in hopes of rapidly transforming the country from an agrarian economy into a modern communist society. Inevitably‚ the changes that Mao implemented in this period of time had a significant impact on both China and the peasants. This essay will firstly analyze the social impact of the changes
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friends have asked me why‚ after all I went through‚ I did not hate Chairman Mao and the Cultural Revolution in those years. The answer is simple: we were all brainwashed.”p.276 The book “The Red Scarf Girl” is a memoir written by author Ji Li Jiang recounting what it was like to grow up during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution‚ taking place in China from 1965 to 1968. During this time‚ a political leader named Mao Zedong convinced the people of China that the “four olds"‚ or the old ways of
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DBQ In the time period 1925 – 1950 Chinese peasants‚ and Chinese created a bad relationship with each other. Peasants were stronger than the Chinese Communist party supported by documents one‚ five‚ and six‚ peasants were the prime target for attacks instead of the Chinese Communist party supported by documents four‚ eight‚ and nine‚ and the peasants were more willing to fight the Japanese while the Chinese Communist party was not so willing supported by documents two‚ and three. Peasants and the
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During the Cultural Revolution‚ the Chinese government under Mao Zedong used propaganda to help create an image of their new beliefs and aims‚ but the Chinese population had different stories about the revolution. The experiences of the Chinese citizens were often harsh‚ compared to the statements released by the government. In this first paragraph‚ the government claims that the Cultural Revolution had a more positive setting when in reality‚ citizens were receiving harsh treatment.The first piece
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started out united‚ a new government was built‚ and the Kerensky Offensive was created and overpowered‚ and the Chinese Communist Revolution started off when the Nationalists had a bigger‚ but weaker group as to the Communists who strived for victory‚ Mao Zedong controlled over the Chinese‚ and the People’s Republic of China was established‚ it is understandable that both innovations has thrown out the government to only replace it with another compelling leader. The first revolutionary stage is‚ “Impossible
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