tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post6687217810987894739..comments2024-03-26T05:19:30.411-04:00Comments on PA Editors Blog: EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT MAO (4)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-86551987972132288792007-06-18T17:51:00.000-04:002007-06-18T17:51:00.000-04:00Tom's review continues to be fascinating. I have ...Tom's review continues to be fascinating. I have one caveat, or rather question. <BR/>where is tje importance of Sun's death in 1925 and the emergence of Chiang in leadership and the failure of the Comintern reps to really understand what was going on? <BR/>When I was studying Chinese history, we were taught to blame Stalin for the events of 1926-1927 and to see Trotsky is being right. <BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-38960162211921878102007-06-17T21:50:00.000-04:002007-06-17T21:50:00.000-04:00"Short''s bourgeois background begins to intrude i..."Short''s bourgeois background begins to intrude in this section of his book and prevents him from grasping what is at issue. He says this analysis reflects "class hatred" that is "aimed at men who were enemies not because of what they did, but because of who they were." This is of course completely wrong. It is precisely because of their actions, brutalizing the peasants, overtaxing them, takingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com