The Northern Expedition Begins: Attempts at Merging the Mass Movement with Regular Warfare

10/01/20 • 29 min

Examining the role of both organized and unorganized mass support for the Northern Expedition in its first phase, the offensive from Guangdong to Wuhan from May to October 1926.

Further reading:
Donald Jordan, The Northern Expedition: China's National Revolution of 1926-1928C. Martin Wilbur and Julie Lien-ying How, Missionaries of Revolution: Soviet Advisers and Nationalist China, 1920-1927Some names from this episode:
Mikhail Borodin, Comintern agent and head of Soviet mission to aid the Guomindang
Chen Duxiu, General Secretary of the Communist Party
Sun Zhongshan/Sun Yatsen, Founding leader of the Guomindang
Wu Peifu, Northern warlord
Gregory Voitinsky, Comintern representative in China at various points

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10/01/20 • 29 min

People's History of Ideas Podcast - The Northern Expedition Begins: Attempts at Merging the Mass Movement with Regular Warfare

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Welcome to episode 40 of the People’s History of Ideas Podcast.

Over the past few episodes of this podcast, I’ve alluded to something called the Northern Expedition, which is the name for the military campaign which was waged by the Guomindang’s National Revolutionary Army to defeat the warlords who ruled in different parts of China and unify China under the rule of the Guomindang. And, I’ve mentioned several times that both the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communist Party had ho

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