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...political strategy of Mao Tse-Tung, indeed the entire early Communist movement in China, was not planned in Moscow; in fact, it ran counter to all the rules established by Lenin and Stalin. This is the main conclusion made by the author Benjamin Schwartz, Research Associate at the Russian Research Center and assistant professor of History at Harvard...
...Schwartz traces Chinese Communist development from the Russian Revolution in 1917 to Mao's emergence as China's leader. Not once does he consider incidents or personalities, but grapples only with the growth of the Communist doctrine. Only through knowing this doctrine, he says, can anyone understand China's recent history...
Before the Russian Revolution, Schwartz points out, Chinese Communism had no more followers than Bertrand Russell or John Dewey. But the 1917 revolt had a mysterious transforming effect on China's intelligence, a force that Schwartz never fully explains. He continually states that intellectuals respond to "Lenin's messianic message," but does not discuss its total effect...
...expressed satisfaction with the recently-signed Japanese peace treaty, although both felt that it contained certain minor imperfections. Schwartz found it regrettable that the treaty makers did not consult with India, even if not necessarily agreeing with her. He stated that the United States should adopt a policy of "infinite patiency" toward that country...
...Schwartz made it clear, however, that despite this unfortunate consequence the United States had no choice but to sign the treaty...