Book contents
- Mao’s Third Front
- Mao’s Third Front
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Maps
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Coming of the Third Front Campaign
- 2 Good People and Good Horses Go to the Third Front
- 3 Concentrating Forces to Wage Wars of Annihilation
- 4 Produce First and Consume Later
- 5 Industrial Development amid Cold War Insecurity
- Epilogue: The Demilitarization of Chinese Socialism
- Appendix: Third Front Demographics
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 April 2020
Book contents
- Mao’s Third Front
- Mao’s Third Front
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Maps
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Coming of the Third Front Campaign
- 2 Good People and Good Horses Go to the Third Front
- 3 Concentrating Forces to Wage Wars of Annihilation
- 4 Produce First and Consume Later
- 5 Industrial Development amid Cold War Insecurity
- Epilogue: The Demilitarization of Chinese Socialism
- Appendix: Third Front Demographics
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
On January 13, 1978, an article appeared on page four of the People’s Daily that at first glance was of no particular significance. It was about a man named Zhang Xianzhong who worked at a rural cotton-processing factory in Hubei province. A fire had recently broken out at his workplace, and he had run around with an extinguisher to protect machinery and cotton. Zhang’s determination to safeguard China’s collective property was impressive, and his “revolutionary heroic spirit of putting his life on the line” was worthy of praise.
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- Mao's Third FrontThe Militarization of Cold War China, pp. 1 - 39Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020