The Golden Light of Revolution: The Revolutionary High Tide and the Building of Revolutionary Culture

This book focuses on the high tide of the Great Revolution and the development of revolutionary culture. Its main topics include the First Kuomintang-Communist Cooperation: the background to the alliance, Sun Yat-sen's plans for cooperation, Chen Duxiu's efforts to bring it about, Li Dazhao's role in advancing it, Mao Zedong's work putting it into practice, Zhou Enlai's involvement, and the rise of the Great Revolution. It also covers the Great Revolution at its height, including the political culture of the National Revolutionary Army, Mao Zedong during the revolutionary surge, and cultural work in the southern revolutionary base.