Undoubtedly will remain one of the standard works on the rise of communism in China. It must be confronted and drawn upon by those who will do further work on this subject.

This is by any standards a provocative thesis, and demands the fullest discussion among the students of modern China and, indeed, those of Communist affairs and modern nationalism.... This book will go a long way to help in our understanding of contemporary China.

A work which certainly should be read by everyone interested in China and in the development of the mysterious ways of Chinese Communism.