Zhou Enlai: The Enigma Behind Chairman Mao

Abstract

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface: Life and Career of an Enigmatic Revolutionary -- Chapter 1 Growing up in Huai'an, The Northeast, Tianjin and Japan: 1898-1920 -- Chapter 2 French Lessons and Revolutionary Politics: 1920-4 -- Chapter 3 Guangzhou and the Huangpu Military Academy: 1924-6 -- Chapter 4 In The Eye of the Storm, Shanghai and Wuhan: 1927 -- Chapter 5 Crisis for CCP and 6th Party Congress in Moscow: 1927-8 -- Chapter 6 Jiangxi Soviet: 1931-4 -- Chapter 7 Long March and Yan'an: 1936 -- Chapter 8 Kidnap and Resistance: Xi'an 1936-7 -- Chapter 9 Partners at War: 1937-45 -- Chapter 10 Chongqing and Nanjing - War, Civil War and the Aftermath: 1937-43 -- Chapter 11 Preparing for Power - Yan'an, Chongqing and Nanjing: 1943-6 -- Chapter 12 Civil War to People's Republic: 1946-9 -- Chapter 13 Premier and Foreign Minister: 1949-55 -- Chapter 14 From Rustic Stage to International Arena: 1954-5 -- Chapter 15 The Intelligentsia and Internal Power Struggles: 1955-7 -- Chapter 16 Asian Diplomatic Mission: 1956-7 -- Chapter 17 'Rectification' and 'Rightists': 1957 -- Chapter 18 Into the Crucible - The Great Leap Forward: 1958 -- Chapter 19 High Noon at Lushan: 1958-9 -- Chapter 20 Famine, Drought and Recovery: 1959-62 -- Chapter 21 Twilight of the Long March Leadership-Prelude to Cultural Revolution: 1962-5 -- Chapter 22 Unnatural Disaster-Cultural Revolution: 1966-7 -- Chapter 23 Descent Into Chaos, Recovery and Final Years: 1967-76 -- Epilogue: Zhou Enlai, The Lost Leader? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.