Description: Presents a new view of the Chinese revolution through the lens of the local Communist movement in Hainan between 1926 and 1956.
Brief description: Jeremy A. Murray is Assistant Professor of History at California State University, San Bernardino.
Review Quotes:
"This is an ambitious work ... The strength of this book is the skillful tracing of the development of the party in relation to the broader currents shaping the political environment of these years such as the united front, the Japanese invasion, or the tensions with the central party authorities ... the book is an impressively researched study that provides many valuable insights that hopefully will stimulate more work on this little-known part of the story of the Communist revolution in China." -- Pacific Affairs