U4 AOS1 Interpretations Flashcards
Fairbank= Yuan Shikai
‘democracy, in short, was not on Yuan’s agenda’
Zarrow= Yuan Shikai
‘Yuan Shikai essentially ruled as a military dictator’
*Primary Source * Li Dazhao= Reasons for 1st UF
‘to successfully complete this revolution, we have to have a united all-encompassing revolutionary party’
Fenby= Northern Expedition
‘the victories… were won by arms and bribery, not evangelism of the masses
Gray= The White Terror / Shanghai Massacre
‘the story of the revolution became a tale of two Chinas: Communist and Nationalist’
Meisner= Shanghai Massacre
‘a blood bath that virtually destroyed the CCP’
Davin= Jiangxi Soviet
‘a social laboratory for the trying out of new ideas’
Zarrow= Jiangxi Soviet
‘Mao…went so far as to virtually ignore the proletariat’
Fitzgerald= GMD rule
‘the Chinese people groaned under a regime that was fascist in every quality except efficiency’
Kirby= Nanjing Decade
‘the Nationalists made stunning accomplishments from a position of unenviable weakness’
Ryan= Nanjing Decade
The GMD ‘did nothing to tackle China’s deep-rooted problems’
Snow= Long March
‘biggest armed propaganda tour in history’
Spence= Long March
‘a nightmare of pain and death’
Dietrich= Long March
‘it imbued the Communists with a strong sense of purpose’
Dietrich= Long March
‘it imbued the Communists with a strong sense of purpose’
Fenby= Economic Impacts Sino-Japanese War
‘the wartime inflation destroyed the economy’
Wood= Jiang’s mistakes in Sino-Japanese War
‘Jiang’s government was notorious for inaction’
Moise= CCP in Sino-Japanese War
‘it was struggling for nationalist goals more vigorously and competently than the GMD’
Fairbank= Mass Line
‘the key to power in the Chinese countryside’
Karl= Yan’an Soviet
‘forged out of the morale and sensibilities of Long March veterans’
Fairbank= Rectification Campaigns
‘those who held out against Mao were vilified, penalized, jailed, or even executed’
Bianco= Civil War
‘conscription, a tragedy in government controlled areas, was an honour in liberated areas’
Chang= Civil War
‘Jiang lost China to a man with none of his weak spots’