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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF MAPS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS IN TEXT
NOTE ABOUT SPELLING IN TEXT
PART ONE
LUKEWARM BELIEVER
1. ON THE CUSP FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN (1893–1911 AGE 1–17)
2. BECOMING A COMMUNIST (1911–20 AGE 17–26)
3. LUKEWARM BELIEVER (1920–25 AGE 26–31)
4. RISE AND DEMISE IN THE NATIONALIST PARTY (1925–27 AGE 31–33)
PART TWO. LONG MARCH TO SUPREMACY IN THE PARTY
5. HIJACKING A RED FORCE AND TAKING OVER BANDIT LAND (1927–28 AGE 33–34)
6. SUBJUGATING THE RED ARMY SUPREMO (1928–30 AGE 34–36)
7. TAKEOVER LEADS TO DEATH OF SECOND WIFE (1927–30 AGE 33–36)
8. BLOODY PURGE PAVES THE WAY FOR “CHAIRMAN MAO” (1929–31 AGE 35–37)
9. MAO AND THE FIRST RED STATE (1931–34 AGE 37–40)
10. TROUBLEMAKER TO FIGUREHEAD (1931–34 AGE 37–40)
11. HOW MAO GOT ONTO THE LONG MARCH (1933–34 AGE 39–40)
12. LONG MARCH I: CHIANG LETS THE REDS GO (1934 AGE 40)
13. LONG MARCH II: THE POWER BEHIND THE THRONE (1934–35 AGE 40–41)
14. LONG MARCH III: MONOPOLIZING THE MOSCOW CONNECTION (1935 AGE 41)
PART THREE. BUILDING HIS POWER BASE
15. THE TIMELY DEATH OF MAO’S HOST (1935–36 AGE 41–42)
16. CHIANG KAI-SHEK KIDNAPPED (1935–36 AGE 41–42)
17. A NATIONAL PLAYER (1936 AGE 42–43)
18. NEW IMAGE, NEW LIFE AND NEW WIFE (1937–38 AGE 43–44)
19. RED MOLE TRIGGERS CHINA — JAPAN WAR (1937–38 AGE 43–44)
20. FIGHT RIVALS AND CHIANG — NOT JAPAN (1937–40 AGE 43–46)
21. MOST DESIRED SCENARIO: STALIN CARVES UP CHINA WITH JAPAN (1939–40; AGE 45–46)
22. DEATH TRAP FOR HIS OWN MEN (1940–41 AGE 46–47)
23. BUILDING A POWER BASE THROUGH TERROR (1941–45 AGE 47–51)
24. UNCOWED OPPONENT POISONED (1941–45 AGE 47–51)
25. SUPREME PARTY LEADER AT LAST (1942–45 AGE 48–51)
PART FOUR. TO CONQUER CHINA
26. “REVOLUTIONARY OPIUM WAR” (1937–45 AGE 43–51)
27. THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! (1945–46 AGE 51–52)
28. SAVED BY WASHINGTON (1944–47 AGE 50–53)
29. MOLES, BETRAYALS AND POOR LEADERSHIP DOOM CHIANG (1945–49 AGE 51–55)
30. CHINA CONQUERED (1946–49 AGE 52–55)
31. TOTALITARIAN STATE, EXTRAVAGANT LIFESTYLE (1949–53 AGE 55–59)
PART FIVE. CHASING A SUPERPOWER DREAM
32. RIVALRY WITH STALIN (1947–49 AGE 53–55)
33. TWO TYRANTS WRESTLE (1949–50 AGE 55–56)
34. WHY MAO AND STALIN STARTED THE KOREAN WAR (1949–50 AGE 55–56)
35. MAO MILKS THE KOREAN WAR (1950–53 AGE 56–59)
36. LAUNCHING THE SECRET SUPERPOWER PROGRAM (1953–54 AGE 59–60)
37. WAR ON PEASANTS (1953–56 AGE 59–62)
38. UNDERMINING KHRUSHCHEV (1956–59 AGE 62–65)
39. KILLING THE “HUNDRED FLOWERS” (1957–58 AGE 63–64)
40. THE GREAT LEAP: “HALF OF CHINA MAY WELL HAVE TO DIE” (1958–61 AGE 64–67)
41. DEFENSE MINISTER PENG’S LONELY BATTLE (1958–59 AGE 64–65)
42. THE TIBETANS REBEL (1950–61 AGE 56–67)
43. MAOISM GOES GLOBAL (1959–64 AGE 65–70)
44. AMBUSHED BY THE PRESIDENT (1961–62 AGE 67–68)
45. THE BOMB (1962–64 AGE 68–70)
46. A TIME OF UNCERTAINTY AND SETBACKS (1962–65 AGE 68–71)
PART SIX. UNSWEET REVENGE
47. A HORSE-TRADE SECURES THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION (1965–66 AGE 71–72)
48. THE GREAT PURGE (1966–67 AGE 72–73)
49. UNSWEET REVENGE (1966–74 AGE 72–80)
50. THE CHAIRMAN’S NEW OUTFIT (1967–70 AGE 73–76)
51. A WAR SCARE (1969–71 AGE 75–77)
52. FALLING OUT WITH LIN BIAO (1970–71 AGE 76–77)
53. MAOISM FALLS FLAT ON THE WORLD STAGE (1966–70 AGE 72–76)
54. NIXON: THE RED-BAITER BAITED (1970–73 AGE 76–79)
55. THE BOSS DENIES CHOU CANCER TREATMENT (1972–74 AGE 78–80)
56. MME MAO IN THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION (1966–75 AGE 72–81)
57. ENFEEBLED MAO HEDGES HIS BETS (1973–76 AGE 79–82)
58. LAST DAYS (1974–76 AGE 80–82)
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
ARCHIVES CONSULTED
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHINESE-LANGUAGE SOURCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NON-CHINESE-LANGUAGE SOURCES
PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS
