From 1968 to 1982, the Jinggangshan Revolution Museum sent several interview teams to various parts of the country to interview more than 140 veteran Red Army and related personnel who participated in the Jinggangshan struggle. These interviewees recounted their personal experiences of the struggle in Jinggangshan and what they saw and heard. The main contents include: about the August 7th Conference, about the Autumn Harvest Uprising in eastern Hunan and western Jiangxi, about the struggle in Jinggangshan, about the Red Army Clothing Factory and the Mint, about Wang Zuo's family history, about the 32nd Regiment of the Red Army, about Zhu De, about the Fifth Red Army, etc. The interviewer made detailed records of these oral accounts, totaling about 1.2 Million words. With very credible details, these transcripts have fleshed out and enriched the many historical events of the Jinggangshan period and are the witnesses of these major events, and are of extremely high historical value. Especially as the interviewees pass away one after another, this information becomes even more precious.
Reader comments
This book, in the form of oral history, truly records the historical events and characters during the Jinggangshan struggle period, allowing us to have a deeper understanding of that period of history. Moreover, these oral information are provided by people who have experienced it personally, which is very precious and has high historical value. The author's interview work is also very serious, giving us a more comprehensive understanding of that period of history. However, I don't like Luo Zhanglong in the book very much. He had some wrong behaviors during the revolution, which also reminds us to look at historical figures objectively.
First-hand information is extremely precious. They are all parties. Memories of personal experience. Although some are grassroots cadres or ordinary soldiers. Not fully participating in the entire revolution. But their personal experiences are of great help to us to understand that period of history in detail. From it we can get a glimpse of the early leadership mechanism of our party and the treacherous historical scene.
This book, in the form of oral history, truly records the historical events and characters during the Jinggangshan struggle period, allowing us to have a deeper understanding of that period of history. Moreover, these oral information are provided by people who have experienced it personally, which is very precious and has high historical value. The author's interview work is also very serious, giving us a more comprehensive understanding of that period of history. However, I don't like Luo Zhanglong in the book very much. He had some wrong behaviors during the revolution, which also reminds us to look at historical figures objectively.
First-hand information is extremely precious. They are all parties. Memories of personal experience. Although some are grassroots cadres or ordinary soldiers. Not fully participating in the entire revolution. But their personal experiences are of great help to us to understand that period of history in detail. From it we can get a glimpse of the early leadership mechanism of our party and the treacherous historical scene.