The Long March 1934-35: The Rise of Mao and the Beginning of Modern China

by Benjamin Lai

This study tells the epic story of how a routed group of Chinese Communists marched tens of thousands of miles with Mao on a journey that would lead to their eventual triumph and rule of the whole of China.

Every nation has its founding myth, and for modern China it is the Long March. In the autumn of 1934, the Chinese Nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek routed the Chinese Communists and some 80,000 men, women, and children left their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472834011
• ISBN13: 9781472834010
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.7"