Foreword Preface List of Maps and Illustrations PART I INTRODUCTION: Comrade, Chairman, Helmsman - The Continuous Revolutions of Mao Zedong China's Revolutions Battle Cry Creating a New China Utopian Revolutions: The Hundred Flowers Campaign, Great Leap Forward, and Cultural Revolution Experiencing Mao's Revolutions PART I Mao Documents A Note about the Texts 1. Report on the Peasant Movement in Hunan, February 1927 2. On New Democracy, January 15, 1940 3 . Talks at the Yan'an Conference on Literature and Art, 1942 4. Resolution of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party on Methods of Leadership, June 1, 1943 5. Snow , 1945 6. The Chinese People Have Stood Up , September 1949 7. On the Correct Handling of Contradictions among the People, June 1957 8.

Talks at the Beidaihe Conference, August 1958 9. American Imperialism Is Closely Surrounded by the Peoples of the World , 1964 10. Cultural Revolution Readings , 1960s Bombard the Headquarters, August 5, 1966 Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong, 1968 Just a Few Words, October 25, 1966 PART II Documenting Mao 11. Edgar Snow, Interview with Mao , 1937 12. Stuart Schram, The Struggle on Two Fronts , 1967 13. Nick Knight, Mao Zedong's "Sinification of Marxism," 1985 14. Li Zhisui, The Emperor of Zhongnanhai , 1994 15. Rae Yang, At the Center of the Storm , 1997 16.

Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Some Questions on Party History , June 1981 17. Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Mao Matters , 1996 18. Geremie Barmé, Shades of Mao, 1990s A Place in the Pantheon: Mao and Folk Religion by Xin Yuan "Musical Chairman" Appendixes A China Chronology (1893-1976) Questions for Consideration Selected Bibliography Index.