Maoism

Maoism — Full Chapter Overview

• Chapter 1: Recommendation

• Chapter 2: Maoism ultimately boils down to a few key principles.

• Chapter 3: Red Star Over China became a global bestseller and profoundly shaped worldwide perceptions of Mao and Maoism across diverse audiences for decades and beyond.

• Chapter 4: Rivalry between China and the USSR justified Mao’s ever more radical domestic policies and expansive overseas investment programs.

• Chapter 5: Mao’s rhetoric spurred Indonesia’s Communists to confront the army, giving the military a ready pretext for brutal retaliation afterward.

• Chapter 6: China’s push across Africa didn’t export Maoist-style politics, but it delivered one victory for Beijing in the end.

• Chapter 7: China’s backing across Southeast Asia was pivotal in the region’s horrific conflicts during the 1960s and the ’70s.

• Chapter 8: Across the West, Maoism has shaped a broad array of groups and individuals.

• Chapter 9: Shining Path began as a peasant uprising. Yet peasants ultimately suffered the very worst of its horrific violence.

• Chapter 10: In India, Maoism shows that rural communities nearly always suffer the most from Maoist insurgency.

• Chapter 11: With Xi Jinping, China has its most Maoist leader yet since the chairman.