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On Guerrilla Warfare by Mao Zedong
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:37:55
Publish Date: 2017-09-19 23:16:58
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This 1937 book is one of the most important philosophical works of the Cold War in my opinion because Mao Zedong breathed life into communism as an ideology by making it more recognizable to the third world – replace the bourgeoisie with the landlord and imperial occupiers and the urban proletarian with the peasant farmer.

One of the most important ideas that Mao helped to spread in the post WWII climate was the idea that with the right political motivation and adopting the right tactics, a dedicated peasantry could stand against the seemingly overwhelming power of richer and more industrialized juggernauts in the world.   This was particularly important as more and more colonized nations began to clamor for independence in the aftermath of the war for various reasons.

On Guerrilla Warfare provided a lot of inspiration towards making nationalist aspirations a reality for many people around the world.  Of course Mao turned out to be a real “bad hombre” when he got to sit in the captain’s chair in China, but we’ll talk about that when we get there.

Also in this episode I talk about my experiences as a US Marine getting Mao’s philosophy applied to me in Iraq.   Good times.

To order the book (and I definitely do recommend reading it), get it here:  http://amzn.to/2jJczTD

Get my book about Red Dawn that has an essay comparing Mao’s work with that of the Wolverines.

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