Peasant nationalism and communist power : the emergence of revolutionary China, 1937-1945

This author researches the Chinese Communists' wartime expansion, according to the documentation recorded by Japanese intelligence, then compares that expansion with that of the Yugoslav Communists. Peasant Nald&iafism and Communist Power Chalmers A. Johnson Preface Contents Maps ONE Peasant Nationalism in China TWO The Japanese Role in Peasant Mobilization THREE The Communist Army FOUR The Growth of Communist-Controlled Territory in North China FIVE The New Fourth Army and the North Kiangsu Base SIX Peasant Mobilization in Wartime Yugoslavia SEVEN Communism in the Service of the Nation-State Appendix Notes Bibliography Index "Mr. Johnson's research on the Chinese Communists' wartime expansion, according to the documentation recorded by Japanese intelligence and his comparison of it with that of the Yugoslav Communists, is a pathbreaking work in comparative history."--John K. Fairbank.