On the paper of war of resistance against japan and the. Its difficult to make sense of the tactical decisions made by ho chi minh and general vo nguyen giap during the indochina wars without understanding. On protracted war is a work comprising a series of speeches by mao zedong given from 1938 may 26 to june 3 at the yenan association for the study of the. Files of the type war or files with the file extension. As to his overall view of the events of those years, mao adopted an extremely conciliatory attitude toward the nationalists in his report entitled on the new stage october 1938. Marxismleninismmao zedong thought as guide to the philippine revolution contribution to the international seminar on mao zedong thought, 67 november 1993. What you need to convert a war file to a pdf file or how you can create a pdf version from your war file. The three stages of the protracted war 6 a war of jigsaw pattern 145 fighting for perpetual peace 148 mans dynamic role in war 151 war and politics 152 political mobilization for the war of resistance 154 the object of war 155 offense within defense, quick decisions within a protracted. Second, the resources spent during a war of information generate a payoff relevant signal. Mao relates the expansion in the theories, tactics and strategies of guerrilla warfare as practiced by the peoples liberation army in the chinese civil war. Definition and synonyms of protracted from the online english dictionary from macmillan education.
What is your view on mao zedongs 1938 military work, on. The military strategy used by the revolutionaries in the april 1971 insurrection was unique in the history of armed rebellions. Therefore my lectures will be devoted to such a study. No country has ever benefited from a protracted war china and the art of war. Protracted effects of juvenile stressor exposure are mitigated by access to palatable food. In it, he calls for a protracted peoples war, as a means for small revolutionary groups to fight the power of. This is particularly true of revolutionary guerrilla war, which is not susceptible to the type of superficial military. Mao, also uses this quote in on protracted war 1938. Chinas protracted war has exacted and will continue to exact great sacrifices from the. Peoples war, also called protracted peoples war, is a maoist military strategy. Permission is granted to copy, distribute andor modify this document under the terms of the gnu free documentation license, version 1. The books fame, i should say, derives mostly from its significance as a political tract.
Mao zedong, on coalition government, april 24, 1945, history and public policy program digital archive, translation from selected works of mao tsetung, vol. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled gnu free documentation license. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. I mao tsetung has done for war what lenin did for imnperialism and marx for capitalism. Eleven years before the founding of the peoples republic of china. Special subcommittee of committee, on military affairs.
The afghan war was a large drain on soviet resources and tens of thousands of war veterans now languish in poverty, their associations starved of cash and their pensions whittled away by inflation. Mao tsetungs thoughts on war and peace points from a lecture during resistance to japan by a military correspondent in the art of war, a classic, sun tzu laid down. Change your default dictionary to american english. We must not belittle the saying in the book of sun wu tzu, the great military expert of ancient china, know your enemy and know yourself. This piece, written in 1938, is one of the cornerstone pieces to understanding his theory on protracted peoples war and should not be overlooked if one is interested in learning more about this particular manner of conflict.
In 1938, as japans war machine and total invasion of china clearly advanced, and the chinese army suffered defeat in. Chinese strategic thinking under mao tsetung the m ao tsetungs thought we have all heard about is essentially all military thoughtthat is, it applies essentially military thinking to all sorts of problems, from industrialisation of a large backward country to the conduct of international affairs. The man stands, raises a water bottle to his lips, rinses his mouth, spits out the water. Vietnamese communism and the protracted war hammond rolph during the long years of warfare since the vietnamese communists launched their armed struggle to gain absolute power in all of the tormented country of vietnam, their movement has been characterized, to a degree almost unique among major marxist revolutions, by shifting fortune. Chinese strategic thinking under mao tsetung coral bell school. War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun. Lxx explanation of the theorist of anticolonial warfare, the dictator of communist china, mao tsetung. War definition and meaning collins english dictionary. From a series of lectures delivered by comrade mao tsetung from may 26 to june 3, 1938 at the yenan association for the study of the war of resistance against japan. The road to power at the time, and then on protracted war and other writings of 1938 on the tactics of the antijapanese war. On protracted war by mao tsetung, 9780898751796, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. In his problems of strategy in guerrilla war against japan and on protracted war, comrade mao tsetung had already settled the question of the partys leading role in the war of resistance against japan. Mao zedong, the father of modern guerrilla warfare theory.
The war of information resembles the war of attrition. Available formats pdf please select a format to send. Strategic problems of chinas revolutionary war work by. Frustrated experience of reeducation for the repatriated pows of the chinese volunteer army in the korean war by pingchao zhu, history department, ui the korean war was the first war communist chinas military forces fought against foreign forces on foreign soil. Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed mao zedong on protracted war. In the light of maos teachings, the filipino proletarian revolutionaries could define clearly the. I shall not begin by expounding a pedantic, literary definition of war, but go straight to the heart of the matter, to the duel war is nothing but a duel on a larger scale. On protracted war is a work comprising a series of speeches by chinese communist leader mao zedong from 1938 may 26 to june 3 at the yenan association for the study of the war of resistance against japan. Journal of shenyang university of technology, 2018, 1. The road to power military matters there was first strategic problems of chinas revolutionary war, written in december 1936 to sum up the lessons of the jiangxi period and also to justify the correctness of his own military line at the time, and then on protracted war and other writings of 1938 on the. He literally wrote the book on the modern theory of insurgency. The janatha vimukthi peramuna jvp, or the peoples liberation front, attempted to seize power by attacking police stations throughout the island simultaneously. History can repeat itself in a constructive way in trade. And as such his writings have been given a communistworld.
Jan 20, 2001 eleven years before the founding of the peoples republic of china, and ten months into the japanese invasion of china, mao s discussion of protracted war provides fascinating historical insights through an original source document discussing the war of resistance. Free pdf books from bookyards, one of the worlds first online libraries to offer ebooks to be downloaded for free. Clearly guerrilla operations are an important component of revolutionary war, but the underlying principle and fundamental objective is. To defend its land from the aggressors, china was embroiled in an eightyear war against japan from 1937 to 1945. On the paper of war of resistance against japan and the propaganda of mao zedong thought on protracted war soon after the outbreak of the antijapanese war, mao zedong gave a clear judgement on the whole situation during the war and proposed the famous protracted war thought in his paper on protracted war. As a treatise on strategy it says nothing very innovative, e. Paradoxically, mao took the major thesis of clausewitz which states that war is a mere continua tion of policy by other means and created a strategy that perplexed an american. Its called rereading on protracted war, referring to the collection of speeches that communist leader mao zedong gave in 1938. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Revision of the articles of war 19121920 1n two volumes hearing. What is it when the us and hn devise the plan to attack and strategy legitimacy, secure the population, strength against areas under insurgent control, expand operations to secure and support the population, and obtain local supprt for coin publicize and discredit insurgent violence. The three stages of maos revolutionary warfare parallel. On protracted peoples war, and its universal applicability. On thoughts of epistemology of on the protracted war.
Mao tsetung on guerrilla warfare three days supply of rice. Mao tsetung and the art of war volume 24 issue 1 scott a. In 1938, when china was on the verge of collapse, mao zedong, the chairman of chinas communist party, delivered on protracted war 1938 at yenan, the headquarter of the party. Demonstration position and strategic significance that mao. He who wishes to fight must first count the cost, which prepares us for the discovery that the subject of the chapter is not what we might expect from the title, but is primarily a consideration of ways and means. He was the architect and founding father of the peoples republic of china prc from its establishment. Mao zedong, also transliterated as mao tsetung listen help info, and commonly referred to as chairman mao december 26, 1893 september 9, 1976, was a chinese communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, marxist political philosopher, and leader of the chinese revolution. War against japan, on protracted peoples war and on new democracy. The strategy mao had laid out in such texts as on guerrilla warfare 1937 and on protracted war 1938 was reaping rewards.
Inon guerrilla warfare, mao explores chinas long history of guerrilla warfare, beginning with the chu and han dynasties. Sun tzu there has never been a protracted war from which. Mao zedong, the father of modern guerrilla warfare theory one of the most original military thinkers of the twentieth century was mao zedong 1893 1976, the communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the peoples republic of china. First developed by the chinese communist revolutionary leader mao zedong 18931976, the basic concept behind peoples war is to maintain the support of the population and draw the enemy deep into the countryside stretching their supply lines where the population will bleed them dry through a mix of mobile. Protracted adjective definition and synonyms macmillan. However, i ended up delving deeper into the issue, albeit from a. I shall try to speak on all the problems relevant to the protracted war, but i cannot possibly go into everything in one series of lectures. On protracted peoples war, and its universal applicability the following are a number of writings, both on the concept of protracted peoples war as a revolutionary strategy, and on the universal applicablity of that strategy i. I expected a leadership training session in yanan, shaanxi province, to be a welcome break from sinous trade friction stories. Nov 14, 2002 maoist leader predicts war to the end. Revision of the articles of war, 19121920, volume 2. In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of victory in the chinese peoples war of resistance against japan. In the operations of war, where there are in the field a thousand swift chariots, as many heavy chariots, and a hundred thousand mailclad soldiers, with.
Mao tsetung and the art of war the journal of asian. The communists and the nationalists had joined in a tenuous. Mao zedong 18931976, chinese founder of the peoples republic of china. We want to build a new china chinas historical characteristics the chinese revolution is part of the world revolution the politics of new democracy the economy of new democracy refutation of bourgeois dictatorship refutation of left phrasemongering refutation of the diehards the three peoples. December 26, 1893 september 9, 1976, also known as chairman mao, was a chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the peoples republic of china prc, which he ruled as the chairman of the communist party of china from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. Countless duels go to make up war, but a picture of it as a whole can be formed by imagining a pair of wrestlers. The first stage covers the period of the enemys strategic offensive and our strateg. They say they want to be remembered for their sacrifices, but that they also want to be allowed to live in retirement with dignity. No country has ever benefited from a protracted war china. Fmfrp 1218 mao tsetung on guerrilla warfare marines. Full text of collections of the state historical society of wisconsin see other formats. This is the british english definition of protracted.
This series of lectures was delivered by comrade mao tsetung from may 26 to june 3, 1938, at the yenan association for the study of the war of resistance. On protracted war may 1938 this series of lectures was delivered by comrade mao tsetung from may 26 to june 3, 1938, at the yenan association for the study of the war of resistance against japan. A war is a period of fighting or conflict between countries or states. He said that locals were living on the frontline of terror, and said they must be ready to fight a protracted war to ensure stability.
Lun chijiu zhan is a work comprising a series of speeches by mao zedong given from 1938 may 26 to june 3 at the yenan association for the study of the war of resistance against japan. There was never a good war, or a bad peace benjamin franklin. According to the thought of mao zedong seek truth from facts, we discuss the theory of protracted war theory in the national survival and contribution to world peace, particularly the application in the education and research on the front, mao zedong s on protracted war theory, which runs through the leadership in the humanitarian and humanitarian and. On thoughts of epistemology of on the protracted war j. Griffith offers a chapter on sun tzu and mao tsetung where the art of war is cited as influencing mao s on guerrilla warfare, on the protracted war and strategic problems of chinas revolutionary war, and includes mao s quote. Tariq ali, on maos contradictions, nlr 66, november. Mao on warfarecompiles mao zedong s principal works on martial theory, includingon guerrilla warfareandon protracted war. Topics mao zedong, general mao, guerrilla, guerrilla warfare, protracted war, maoism collection opensource language english. The following study guide is to mao tsetungs classic text on warfare on protracted war.