The Long March: The Untold Story

440 Pages·1985·7.018 MB·English

by  Harrison E. Salisbury

THE LONG MARCH
Books by Harrison E. Salisbury
The Long March 1985
China: 100 Years of Revolution 1983
A Journey for Our Times 1983
Without Fear or Favor—The New York Times 1980
The Unknown War 1978
Russia in Revolution 1900-1930 1978
Black Night, White Snow: Russia’s Revolutions 1905-1917 1977
Travels Around America 1976
The Gates of Hell 1975
To Peking—and Beyond 1973
The Eloquence of Protest—Voices of the 70*s (Editor) 1972
The Many Americas Shall Be One 1971
War Between Russia and China 1969
The 900 Days—The Siege of Leningrad 1969
The Soviet Union: The Fifty Years (Editor) 1967
Behind the Lines—Hanoi 1967
Orbit of China 1967
Russia 1965
The Northern Palmyra Affair 1962
A New Russia? 1962
Moscow Journal: The End of Stalin 1961
To Moscow—and Beyond 1960
The Shook-up Generation 1958
American in Russia 1955
Russia on the Way 1946
THE
LONG MARCH
THE UNTOLD STORY
Harrison E. Salisbury
M
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Salisbury, Harrison E.
The long march.
1. China — History — Long March, 1934-1935
I. Title
951.04'2 DS777.S134
ISBN 0-333-40931-0
To the heroic men and women of China’s Long March
and to my companions in our own Long March of 1984—my
beloved wife, Charlotte, my friend Jack Service, my two dear
Chinese comrades, General Qin Xinghan and Zhang Yuanyuan

CONTENTS
Behind the Long March 1
1. A WALK BY MOONLIGHT 5
2. THE RISE OF THE RED BANDITS 16
3. ON THE EVE 29
4. THE MAN 114 BLEAK HOUSE 37
5. FIRST MOVES 49
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6. STRATAGEMS 59
7.
THE CONSPIRACY OF THE LITTERS 68
8. THE WOMEN 79
9. THE FIRST BIG BATTLE 91
10. THE RED ARMY CHANGES COURSE 105
11. ZUNYI 114
12. MAO TAKES CHARGE 127
13. A NEEDLE WRAPPED IN COTTON 136
14. MAO SKIRTS DISASTER 145
15.
HOLDING CHIANG KAI-SHEK BY
THE NOSE 154
16. MAO’S GREAT DECEPTIONS 166
17. THE GOLDEN SANDS 176
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viii CONTENTS
18. THE CHICKEN-BLOOD OATH 188
19. THOSE LEFT BEHIND 201
20. THE LEGION OF DEATH 211
21. LUDING BRIDGE 220
22. THE GREAT SNOWY MOUNTAINS 231
23. REUNION 242
24. BACK OF BEYOND 253
25. A MAGICAL CARPET 263
26. DARK HOUR, BRIGHT GLORY 272
27. HOME 285
28. THE GATHERING 298
29. RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL 311
30. “ COLD-EYED, I SURVEY THEW ORLD” 324
31.
THE LITTLE MAN WHO COULD
NEVER BE PUT DOWN 342
Notes 349
A Note on Sources 395
Bibliography 399
Index 405
ILLUSTRATIONS
A section of photographs follows page 212
MAPS
The Long March x-xi
Route of the Second and Sixth Army Groups 301
Route of Zhang Quotao’s Fourth Front Army 313
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