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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewLanxin Xiang. . . has written a well-researched work that is part biography of Chen Yi and part military history of the Chinese Communist Revolution>
But with the exception of Gregor Benton's pathbreaking work, this volume represents the first comprehensive English-language history of Chinese Comunist military activities, outside of the main Jiangxi/Yanan/Manchurian areas led by Mao Zedong, for theentire 1921-49 period. * The China Journal *
...argues for a redirection of scholarly attention away from the sociopolitical aspect of the revolution and towards its military history... * China Quarterly *
...argues for a redirection of scholarly attention away from the "sociopolitical aspect" of the revolution and towards its military history... * China Quarterly *
Lanxin Xiang. . . has written a well-researched work that is part biography of Chen Yi and part military history of the Chinese Communist Revolution
But with the exception of Gregor Benton's pathbreaking work, this volume represents the first comprehensive English-language history of Chinese Comunist military activities, outside of the main Jiangxi/Yanan/Manchurian areas led by Mao Zedong, for the entire 1921-49 period. * The China Journal *
