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COMMUNIST CHINA Revolutionary Reconstruction and International Confrontation 1949 to the Present
With the triumph of Communism in 1949, the face of China changed rapidly as her new leaders replaced the chaos of war and Nationalist rule with Soviet-type order. The articles, documents, and statements collected here examine the Chinese Communists' revolutionary struggle and their efforts to carry out programs of socio economic construction through ideological and organizational change. Writings of prominent leaders such as Lin Piao and Chou En-lai explore the function of ideology in Chinese policy toward the United States, the Soviet Union, and the emerging "third world" of poor nations.
This book is one of three published under the general title THE CHINA READER, Designed as an overview of China's past and present, this collection is intended to elucidate contemporary China's traditions, motives, and attitudes as they have emerged from her history, rather than to offer a mere chronological account.
The three books are:
IMPERIAL CHINA The Decline of the Last Dynasty and the
Origins of Modern China The 18th and 19th Centuries
REPUBLICAN CHINA Nationalism, War, and the Rise of Communism 1911-1949
COMMUNIST CHINA Revolutionary Reconstruction and Inter- national Confrontation 1949 to the Present
