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Comparative Study of Revolutionary Wars: Mao vs. Western Monarchs

This research delves into the historical contexts and strategies of revolutionary wars led by Mao Zedong and Western monarchs, exploring the ideologies and impacts of the People’s Revolutionary War in China and the radical to reactionary approaches of Louis XVI, George III, and Nicholas II. Investigate the intersection of radical liberalism with conservative reactionism in historical conflicts, shedding light on the similarities and differences between Chinese and Western cultures in terms of language, religion, intellectual exchange, and historical interactions.

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Comparative Study of Revolutionary Wars: Mao vs. Western Monarchs

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  1. H302 People’s Revolutionary War Mao and the Chinese Experience

  2. Radical Liberal Moderate Conservative Reactionary

  3. Radical Liberal Moderate Conservative Reactionary Louis XVI George III Nicolas II Constitutional Monarchy Stamp Act Congress Karinsky Committee of Public Safety Continental Congress Lenin Thermidorian Reaction Napoleon Constitution Stalin

  4. Commonalities: Western and Islamic Cultures • Written language • Phonetic, derived from Phoenician • Religion • Monotheistic • “Prophets” and Holy sites • God outside of nature • Intellectual cross-fertilization with West • Science, mathematics (Middle Ages) • History • 1,000+ years of close interaction (military, commercial) • Contiguous • Conflict can arise from similarities rather than differences

  5. Chinese Cultures • Written language • Characters based on pictographs • Religion • Polytheistic • Gods within nature • Intellectual cross-fertilization with West • Through middlemen (Islamic) • History • 200 years of exploitive interaction • Non-contiguous

  6. Silk Road Uzbekistan China Syria Iran Iraq Afghanistan

  7. “Estimations”(chi) 計

  8. “Mouth”(kou) 口

  9. “Sounds from Mouth”(yan) 言 Word Saying Language To Speak

  10. “Ten (All Numerals),” “All Directions”(shi) 十 All-inclusive Everything

  11. “Estimations”(chi) Variously translated as: Strategic Assessments Initial Estimations Laying Plans Surveying Calculations Estimates 計 To Speak of All Factors Pronunciation must be memorized—not revealed by the component symbols

  12. Qualities of a General: “Strictness”(yen) Two mouths (intense action of mouth) 嚴 Cavern (Cries that inspire awe; severe, stern, majestic) Hand that provoked the bear Bear (animal) Severe injunction of a superior made with great cries “Get in the cave and attack that bear!” Command Presence

  13. “Anxious, Depressed, Sullen, Dense”(yu) Trees (thicket) Vessel 鬱 To Cover Fancy Decorations on Vessel Sacrificial Wine Hindrances and obstructions within your thinking make you anxious and depressed

  14. Maoist “Campaign Plan”

  15. Focoist Campaign Plan

  16. Today’s Operational Environment Maoist Features Focoist Features

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