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Having conquered the country, he ruled the People's Republic of China from its establishment as a Communist state in 1949 until the time of his death in 1976. Brilliant and ruthless, his legacy includes guerrilla warfare tactics, violent cultural revolutions, and enduring Communist propaganda. He was named one of the 100 most influential figures of the 20th century by Time Magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Margolis, of the Huffington Post writes of Chairman Mao:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mao was an accomplished poet, writer and historian, a profound thinker, and a superb military strategist. He crushed the US-backed Nationalist's 4.3-million strong armies in a series of titanic battles, forcing his rival, Chiang Kai-shek, to flee to Taiwan... The Great Helmsman united fractured, war-torn China, restoring its pride and self-confidence after two centuries of humiliation. Mao thwarted both Soviet and U.S. efforts to turn China into a client state, and built up China's military power... Mao's aides dared not tell him millions were starving. Red Emperor Mao was prodigal with his people's lives, and, according to aides who were close to him, was shockingly indifferent to their suffering. Mao horrified even brutal Soviet leaders by saying he was prepared to lose half his people to emerge victorious from a nuclear war...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second volume in this special collection contains three important lectures and essays by Chairman Mao dealing with guerrilla warfare:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*Part 1 - On Guerrilla Warfare\u003cbr\u003e*Part 2 - Problems of Strategy in Guerrilla War against Japan\u003cbr\u003e*Part 3 - On Protracted War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcerpt from \"Collected Writings of Chairman Mao: Volume 2 - Guerrilla Warfare\" by Mao Zedong.\u003cbr\u003eReprinted by permission. All rights reserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn September 1812, Napoleon, in the course of swallowing all of Europe, invaded Russia at the head of a great army totaling several hundred thousand infantry, cavalry, and artillery. At that time, Russia was weak and her ill-prepared army was not concentrated. The most important phase of her strategy was the use made of Cossack cavalry and detachments of peasants to carry on guerrilla operations. After giving up Moscow, the Russians formed nine guerrilla divisions of about five hundred men each. These, and vast groups of organized peasants, carried on partisan warfare and continually harassed the French Army. 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