Spread of Communism After 1900

CHINA – THE RISE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, 1921-49

The Origins of the CCP

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE RISE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, 1921-49

The Kuomintang

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE RISE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, 1921-49

The CCP-KMT United Front, 1923-27

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE RISE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, 1921-49

The Shanghai Massacre and the Nanjing Decade, 1927-37

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE RISE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, 1921-49

Retreat and Consolidation, 1927-34

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE RISE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, 1921-49

The Long March, 1934-35

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE RISE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, 1921-49

The Yan’an Period, 1936-43

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE RISE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, 1921-49

Communist Victory, 1943-49

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE RISE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, 1921-49

Establishment of the PRC, 1949

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

What was the meaning of the name ‘Cultural Revolution’?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

Why did Mao launch the Cultural Revolution when he did?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

Is it accurate to describe the Cultural Revolution as the ‘decade of disaster’?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

To what extent were Mao’s motives ideological rather than political?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

What was the role of the Red Guards in Mao’s strategy?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

Why was traditional Chinese culture a prime target in the Cultural Revolution?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

What part did Mao’s wife, Jiang Qing, play in the Cultural Revolution?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

How important was Lin Biao in the Cultural Revolution?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

To what extent was the Cultural Revolution a success?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

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