Acknowledgements
List of Maps
List of Illustrations
Note on Spelling and Pronunciation
Chinese Views of Mao: Preface to the New Revised Edition
Prologue
1. A Confucian Childhood
2. Revolution
3. Lords of Misrule
4. A Ferment of 'Isms'
5. The Comintern Takes Charge
6. Events Leading to the Horse Day Incident and its Bloody Aftermath
7. Out of the Barrel of a Gun
8. Futian: Loss of Innocence
9. Chairman of the Republic
10. In Search of the Grey Dragon: The Long March North
11. Yan'an Interlude: The Philosopher is King
12. Paper Tigers
13. The Sorcerer's Apprentice
14. Musings on Immortality
15. Cataclysm
16. Things Fall Apart
Epilogue
Afterword
Dramatis Personae
Notes
Index
