Book Reviews : Changing Patterns of Military Politics. Edited by SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON. Volume III, International Yearbook of Political Behavior Research. (New York: The Free Press of Glencoe, Inc., 1962. Pp. 272. $7.50.)
| Published date | 01 March 1964 |
| Author | R.N. Rosecrance |
| Date | 01 March 1964 |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591296401700124 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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the
Chinese
symbols
which
are
repeated
in
English
transliteration.
Other
relevant
aspects
of
identification
are
listed
for
each
document.
This
is
a
useful
collection.
It
deals
with
a
formative
period
in
the
history
of
Chinese
communism
when
it
was
establishing
its
earliest
version
of
a
Soviet
regime
and
when
the
Mao
Tse-tung
leadership
was
emerging
both
from
the
authority
of
Mao’s
pronouncements
and
his
struggle
against
the
rival
views,
especially
those
of
Li
Li-San.
Of
overriding
concern
during
this
time
was
the
defense
of
areas
under
Chinese
Communist
control
against
the
extermination
campaigns
waged
by
Chiang
Kai-shek’s
Koumintang
regime.
This
involved
close
attention
to
the
formulation
of
the
&dquo;correct
line&dquo;
to
preserve
and
strengthen
the
party
and
its
rule
over
the
area
under
its
control.
Three
major
preoccupations
emerged
from
the
documents
analyzed.
First,
the
establishment
of
a
Soviet
Chinese
republic
mainly
in
the
Kiangsi
and
neighboring
provinces.
Second,
this
is
the
period
during
which
leadership
and
line
were
estab-
lished.
Three
distinct
&dquo;left
lines,&dquo;
led
respectively
by
Ch’il
Ch’iii-pai,
Li
Li-San,
and
the
Russian
Returned
Students
had
to
be
extirpated
by
Mao
from
the
party
position.
Third,
the
defense
of
the
Chinese
Soviets
against
the
onslaught
of
the
government
of
China
was
a
continuing
concern.
This
last
concern
led
to
the
decision
to
make
the
&dquo;long
march&dquo;
to
the
northwest.
This
phase
in
the
history
of
the
CCP
is
beyond
the
time
scope
of
this
collection.
During
1934
cautious
references
to
this
retreat,
such
as
Chou
En-lai
article
in
the
Red
Star
Journal
of
August
20,
1934,
bespeaking
the
need
to
&dquo;thrust
our
way
into
the
rear
of
the
enemy ...
in
order
to
settle
down
and
develop ...&dquo;
and
to
&dquo;create
a
new
situation
and
not
turn
back
to
the
old Soviet
areas
again....&dquo;
foretold
of
the
decision
to
relocate
the
Communist
area
in
China.
Mao’s
leadership
served
to
free
the
CCP
from
the
tactical
control
of
Moscow.
However,
he
never
wavered
in
carrying
out
the
general
line
of
the
Comintern.
In
this
connection
the
prosecution
of
the
war
against
Japanese
aggression
in
China
and
the
general
line
against
fascism,
a
new
line
established
by
the
Comintern
by
1934,
increasingly
occupied
the
attention
of
the
CCP
after
1933.
The
appendices
contain
a
useful
and
extensive
chronology,
glossary,
alphabeti-
cal list
of
documents
cited,
a
bibliography
and
index.
J.
LEO
CEFKIN
Colorado
State
University
Changing
Patterns
of
Military
Politics.
Edited
by
SAMUEL
P.
HUNTINGTON.
Volume
III,
International
Yearbook
of
Political
Behavior
Research.
(New
York:
The
Free
Press
of
Glencoe,
Inc.,
1962.
Pp. 272.
$7.50.)
Samuel
Huntington
offers
us
bountiful
intellectual
fare
in
his
symposium
on
changing
military
patterns.
The
volume
ranges
from
a
discussion
of
the
political
role
of
the
National
Guard
and
the
position
of
the
retired
British
officer
to
an
analy-
sis
of
contemporary
militarism
and
a
comparative
typology
of
military
organization
throughout
Western
history.
The
study
lacks
coherence
in
focus
and
method,
diffi-
culties
which
Professor
Huntington
fully
acknowledges
in
his
prefatory
remarks.
The
individual
studies
are
marked
by
both
breadth
and
penetration,
nonetheless,
and
they
exemplify
with
remarkable
fidelity
the
strengths
and
weaknesses
of
the
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