1st Edition

Moscow and the Emergence of Communist Power in China, 1925–30 The Nanchang Uprising and the Birth of the Red Army

By Bruce Elleman Copyright 2009
256 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the emergence of Communist power in China during the interwar period, focusing especially on the role of the Soviet Union and the 1927 Nanchang Uprising. It describes the history behind the alliance between the Chinese Communists and Nationalists, the impact of the USSR's military and political advisers, and the success of the Northern Expedition that resulted in the April 1927... Read more

Introduction  1. Origin of Soviet Factional Battles over the China Question  2. Chiang Kai-shek’s 1926 Political Coup and the Formation of the United Opposition  3. The Northern Expedition and the United Front  4. Rocky Shoals Ahead - The Realignment of Forces in the United Front  5. Chiang’s April 1927 Purge and the United Front  6. The United Opposition’s Spring 1927 Campaign Against the Centrists  7. The Failure of the CCP-Left GMD Stage of the United Front Policy  8. The Final Stage is Set: Stalin Orders the Nanchang Uprising  9. The Nanchang Uprising and the CCP’s "False" Line  10. The Canton Commune and Trotsky’s Expulsion from the Bolshevik Party  11. Bukharin and the Right Opposition  12. The 1929 Sino-Soviet War and the Creation of the Stalinist State.  Conclusion: China and the Victory of "Socialism in One Country".  Bibliography

Biography

Bruce A. Elleman is Associate Professor at the Maritime History Department of the U.S. Naval War College. He received a BA from UC Berkeley, and the MA, MPhil and PhD from Columbia University. His published research includes numerous articles on the USSR's and China's secret diplomacy surrounding the Chinese Eastern Railway, Outer Mongolia, and the United Front policy. He is the author of Modern Chinese Warfare, 1795-1989 (2001), Japanese-American Civilian Prisoner Exchanges and Detention Camps, 1941-45 (2006), and other books on Sino-Soviet relations and Chinese military and naval history.