Book Reviews : Dragon and Sickle: How The Communist Revolution Happened in China. By GUY WINT. (New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1959. Pp. 107. $2.50.)
| DOI | 10.1177/106591296001300255 |
| Published date | 01 June 1960 |
| Date | 01 June 1960 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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ful
technological
development.
This
position
is
supported
by
such
weighty
con,
siderations
as
the
lack
of
a
school
of
literature
in
Latin
America
which
argues
for
technological
change.
And
students
in
the
universities
going
clear
back
to
the
University
of
Coimbra
in
Portugal
as
long
ago
as
1557
provide
education
in
theology,
law,
and
medicine,
but
not
in
the
technical
fields.
The
need
for
critical
appraisal
of
the
purposes
and
operations
of
our
foreign
aid
program
can
hardly
be
denied.
One
would
hope
that
a
balanced
appraisal
based
upon
a
catalogue
of
operational
successes
and
shortcomings
will
yet
appear.
The
volume
here
under
review
doesn’t
begin
to
fulfill
this
need.
Colorado
State
University
J.
LEO
CEFKIN
Dragon
and
Sickle:
How
The
Communist
Revolution
Happened
in
China.
By
GUY
WINT.
(New
York:
Frederick
A.
Praeger,
1959.
Pp.
107.
$2.50.)
This
booklet
is
a
short
and
general
survey
of
the
rise
of
Communism
in
China
with
brief
appendices
of
three
and
four
pages
on
Mao
Tse-tung,
the
Soviet
network
in
Asia
during
the
1920’s,
and
Indian
communism.
It
does
not
pretend
to
be
a
study
in
depth
but
in
bold
strokes
gives
an
over-all
outline
and
analysis
of
the
development
of
the
Comunist
party
of
China
under
Mao’s
leadership.
It
was
the
scholasticism
and
the
over-intellectualization
of
the
party,
based
on
the
sup~
’
position
that
a
thorough
grasping
of
the
doctrine
was
enough
in
itself,
which
kept
the
movement
ineffective
during
the
1920’s.
Mao
realized
that the
mere
copying
of
the
Bolshevik
revolution
was
not
possible
and
gave
the
party
a
new
direction.
After
the
impetuous
Zhdanov
almost
wrecked
the
Communist
move-
ment
in
Southeast
Asia
by
the
forceful
striking
for
power
too
early
in
1948,
Mao’s
lesson
of
adapting
to
the
political
and
social
factors
in
each
country
has
become
today’s
strategy.
Painting
with
such
a
broad
brush
tends
to
overlook
the
influence
of
small
events
and
forces
and
makes
the
reader
want
to
say,
&dquo;This
is
largely
true
but,
there
are
other
factors
which
should
be
considered.&dquo;
Nevertheless,
as
a
two-hour
survey
of
the
Chinese
Communist
movement
it
can
be
recommended
as
conform-
ing
to
the
general
conclusions
of
the
scholars
in
the
field.
University
of
California,
Los
Angeles
DAVID
T.
CATTELL
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