history1601e Lecture Notes - Mao Zedong
Document Summary
Break down of the united front january 1941. Nationalists attack communists for failing to comply with orders rapidly enough. American attempt to reconcile mao zhedong and chiang kai shek (october 1945) Nationalists: recognized as the legitimate gvt of china by the allies and russia. Had 3 or 4 times as many men as the communists. But they don"t have popular support: corruption, inflation, does not have support from peseants. Chiang kai shek gets lots of support from usa but he is embezzeling it and does not help the poor. Chiang kai shek is also incompetent as a military leader and in spring 1949 he flees to taiwan. Eight registered small parties controlled by the ccp. Communists practiced a spartan type of life close to the common people. Morale remained high in the army and was continuously bolstered by indocrination and effective propagada: appealing ideology. Ccp implemented one change after another during the war: reforms.