This new book covers the military career of one of China’s most influential leaders, with nearly all of the photos published here for the first time in the West. From the original uprising through the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Deng Xiao Ping was in key military positions at every turn during the communist’s dramatic struggle to power. He helped found the Seventh and Eighth Armies of the Red Army, established and led the Anti-Japanese Base Areas in Northern China, marched the Long March, and fought head on with the Kuomingtang government troops after the Japanese were driven out. The country under Communist control, Deng headed to the southwest to consolidate outlying regions. He returned to help put together a permanent Red Army and a plan for the nation’s defense, eventually becoming Commander of the Three Armed Services.
- ISBN10 0764312669
- ISBN13 9780764312663
- Publish Date 18 January 2001
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 13 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English