Role+of+Mao+Zedong+as+leader+of+the+CCP+during+the+period+1945-1949

Mao-The Victorious Leader of the CCP. 

  "//They were NOT plagued by disunity and jealousy; their leaders were superb; their morale was high; and their support from the civilian population was wholehearted".// In the years 1945-1949 (Chinese Civil War), Mao Zedong took on various roles to ensure that the Communist's plight against Nationalist forces would be successful. The result: Victory! 1. **Mao The Strategist ** //"The enemy advances, we **retreat**; the enemy halts, we **harass**, the enemy tires, we **attack**; the enemy retreats we **pursue**".// Mao's Guerilla Tactics, created in the years 1928-29 proved to be bulletproof and were Mao's key to winning the war against the Nationalists, who were kept "off balance and on the defensive". - His most crucial victory was to be had in Manchuria, where Chiang Kaishek had 500 000 of his American-trained troops stationed. After capturing Changchun and Mukden in 1947, the Communists were able to capture "China's richest and most industrially developed province". 2.** Mao The Leader **Although he was Leader of the Communist Party, Mao promoted a unity between himself and others within the party. This unity was 'set in stone' during the Long March, where the importance of comradery was fully realised. Mao had established a party where the rise of Communism was of paramount importance; where each Commander, each Soldier and each Supporter was fighting for the SAME cause. His military success can be viewed as a direct result of this; as can the speedy mobilisation of the peasants and his winning support from the intellectuals and the middle class. His ever-growing support with China's Peasantry was solidified in his __Land Reform Law__ of 1947. This law gave the once overlooked group recognition and saw: 1. The confiscation of land and property of the landlords 2.The distribution of land amongst the Peasants 3. The cancellation of all debt His emphasis on the importance of the People, who were his "mighty storm" (with 1.6 million peasants having joined the People's Liberation Army); won him the support of the Urban Middle Class as well as the patriotic youth of the nation who saw Communism as being their ticket to freedom and independence. MAY DAY 1948- Mao proposed the installment of a Coalition Government where non-communist liberal parties would "share power" with the Communists in exchange for their support in the war against the Nationalists. 3. **Mao The Teacher** The Civil War, at its end, was to see China led by ONE Political Party but this was not Mao's only objective- he saw this war as providing the Communists with the opportunity to expand and spread Maoism through other parts of China; parts which had previously shown their support for the now fading Nationalists. It was this tutelage that provided the Communist Party with necessary support, for had Mao not declared it vital to spread Communism "from the masses to the masses" they could "not have survived the first year of the war or launched such a devastating counterattack". The People's Liberation Army, who can be seen as Mao's representatives in the provinces of China, were taught to treat ALL people with respect. It was this politeness and consideration for the people that had an "enormous" impact.