... envisioned. The tension created through shelling the islands would consolidate Mao's power and support basis. Mao placed military commanders in the communes to supervise the militarization and mobilization of each commune. The communes (Mao hoped, though this never really materialized) would produce light weapons (rifles, machine guns, mortars) and to form militias out of every able bodied person. Mao would then ... ...

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... at Taiwan's post-World War II economic and political growth will be presented as a contrast with the KMT's mismanagement before 1949. Background to the Civil War There is no official starting date to the Chinese Civil War. Tensions, often violent, between right-wing and left-wing followers of Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen had existed almost from the beginning of his ... works projects, increased inflation even more. Yet, from Chiang on down, KMT officials promised the U.S. they would use American resources and their own New Taiwan dollars as efficiently as possible, starting an anti...

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... Reactionaries . His writings on the Cultural Revolution are published amidst Western challenges to the Communist nations, such as Vietnam and North Korea, and the breaking down of ties between them, starting with the Hungarian revolt. This need for action in the face of threats to the gains of the various revolutions may have inspired Marcy's "Thermidor" theory, which is essentially an ... ...

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