Mao Tse-tung : a political portrait / O. Vladimirov and V. Ryazantsev ; [translated from the Russian by Leonard Stoklitsky].

1. The rise of the Communist Party of China and the struggle between the two lines in it -- 2. Mao Tse-Tung's emergence as a political leader -- 3. Mao Tse-Tung's struggle for undivided control over the army and the party -- 4. How the Maoists fought the Chinese communists-internationalists -- 5. Maoist nationalism and anti-sovietism before the victory of the Chinese Revolution -- 6. Maoist attempts to make a deal with American imperialism -- 7. The Maoist policy and cadres -- 8. Conclusion.

"How can one explain the violent attacks by Mao Tse-tung and his clique against the Marxist-Leninist party and the gains of socialism in their own country, how can one explain their course of intensive ideological and political struggle against the communist parties and the socialist countries, their course of rupturing relations with the international proletariat, their course of imposing themselves to the entire world revolutionary movement? How could it happen that nationalistic, anti-Marxist trends gained the upper hand in the Chinese leadership and are shaping the country's political situation? After all, the Communist Party of China has significant revolutionary services to its credit; it headed the heroic revolution carried out by the great Chinese people, a people who traveled a long, difficult and sanguinary road of struggle for liberation. An examination of the facts and the documents shows that the adventuristic and nationalistic policy of the present leadership of the CPC has its roots in history. An unceasing struggle between two main lines can be traced in the history of the Chinese revolutionary movement, between the truly Marxist, internationalist course, on the one hand, and a nationalistic, petty-bourgeois course, on the other hand. For a long time the latter disguised itself as Marxism... The presentation of a truthful picture of the events and of the role which today's CPC leaders played in them is in the interests of the Chinese Communists themselves. This is essential, above all, in the struggle to expose the anti-Marxist, anti-popular policy of Mao and his supporters. The aim of this pamphlet is to acquaint the reader with some little-known facts from the history of the inner-Party struggle in the CPC. Special attention is devoted to Mao Tse-tung's political activity." --from the introduction

"In recent years the Maoists have been waging a violent struggle against the socialist countries and the Marxist-Leninist parties. Their divisive policy undermines the unity of the international communist movement. This book by O. Vladimirov and V. Ryazantsev, intended for the general reader, explains why Mao Tse-Tung and his supporters have launched their virulent attacks against the gains of socialism in the People's Republic of China and are attempting to split the world communist movement." -- from the book jacket

From the library of Karl and Elizabeth Niebyl.

Translation from Russian into English