[Rarebooks] OFFER: CHINA TODAY IN 1934.

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CHAN, HANSU;  J.W. PHILLIPS and FREDERICK SPENCER (editors):~ CHINA TODAY, 
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF INFORMATION AND OPINION ON THE FAR EAST. VOL. 1, NO. 
1-12 (OCTOBER 1934)-SEPTEMBER 1935. Folio, 239 Pp. 36 x 26 cm. This was a 
magazine which was the China organ of the Communist Party U.S.A. The date 
it began, replacing a mimeographed sheet of the same name, is quite 
significant. "[Of Mao Tse ung]The epic Long March of his Red Army and its 
supporters, which began in October 1934, would ensure his place in history. 
Forced to evacuate their camps and homes, Communist soldiers and government 
and party leaders and functionaries numbering about 100,000 (including only 
35 women, the spouses of high leaders) set out on a circuitous retreat of 
some 12,500 kilometers through 11 provinces, 18 mountain ranges, and 24 
rivers in southwest and northwest China. During the Long March, Mao finally 
gained unchallenged command of the CCP, ousting his rivals and reasserting 
guerrilla strategy. Army Area Handbook on China. It is a rare publication. 
Unnoted at OCLC, but there is a complete run at the NYP, microfiche at 
Harvard, Incomplete microfiche at Yale. No copies at Melvyl, unrecorded at 
KVK, including COPAC. The editors did their best for Mao and fought against 
both the Kuomintang and the Japanese.  Interestingly in the years before 
this, the Kuo min tang was often the recipient of favors, war materials, 
official military advisers and support from the Kremlin; and Mao was more 
consistantly an associate member of the directorate of the Kuo min tang 
than he was of the leadership of the Communist party. Although he now 
became the Chinese leader espoused by the Kremlin, it was not that obvious 
in the early months. Bound in red cloth.[Natch.] Including all covers. 
Backstrip repaired, Very Good. $500.00

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