On Protracted War
E6473
"On Protracted War" is a 1938 military and political treatise by Mao Zedong that outlines his strategy for a long-term people's war against a stronger invading force, particularly in the context of resisting Japanese aggression in China.
Aliases (3)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
→
military treatise → political treatise → |
| arguesThat |
a weaker force can defeat a stronger enemy through a long-term people's war
→
political mobilization of the masses is essential for victory → regular forces and guerrilla forces must be combined → time and space can offset enemy material superiority → |
| associatedWith |
Chinese Red Army
→
Eighth Route Army → |
| author |
Mao Zedong
→
|
| countryOfOrigin |
China
→
|
| emphasizes |
importance of rural base areas
→
prolonging the war to exhaust the enemy → unity of political and military struggle → |
| firstPresentedAs |
series of lectures
→
|
| focusesOn |
guerrilla warfare
→
protracted warfare → strategic counteroffensive → strategic defense → strategic stalemate → |
| genre |
military theory
→
political theory → |
| historicalContext |
Japanese invasion of China
→
|
| ideologicalOrientation |
Mao Zedong Thought
→
Marxism-Leninism → |
| influenced |
Chinese Communist Party military strategy
→
Maoist military doctrine → people's war theory worldwide → |
| languageOfTitle |
Chinese
→
|
| lectureLocation |
Yan'an
→
|
| lectureYear |
1938
→
|
| mainSubject |
Second Sino-Japanese War
→
military strategy → people's war → war of resistance against Japan → |
| opposes |
short, decisive war strategy against a stronger invader
→
|
| originalLanguage |
Chinese
→
|
| originalTitle |
论持久战
→
|
| politicalContext |
Chinese Communist Party strategy
→
|
| proposes |
three stages of war against a stronger enemy
→
|
| publicationYear |
1938
→
|
| relatedWork |
On Guerrilla Warfare
→
|
| setting |
Chinese War of Resistance against Japan
→
|
| supportsConcept |
encirclement and annihilation of enemy forces over time
→
mass mobilization → self-reliance in war → |
| targetAudience |
Chinese Communist Party cadres
→
Chinese military commanders → |
| writtenDuring |
Second Sino-Japanese War
→
|
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Mao Zedong
→
Vo Nguyen Giap ("People's War, People's Army") → |
notableWork |
|
On Guerrilla Warfare
→
On Guerrilla Warfare ("Problems of Strategy in Guerrilla War Against Japan") → |
relatedWork |
|
Maoism
→
|
ideologicalText |
|
On Protracted War
("论持久战")
→
|
originalTitle |