ThisworkoffersthemostcomprehensiveaccountoftheoriginandconsequencesoftheYan’anRectificationMovementfrom1942to1945.TheauthorarguesthatthiscampaignemancipatedtheChineseCommunistPartyfromSoviet-influenceddogmatismandunifiedtheParty,preparingitforthefinalvictoryagainsttheNationalistPartyin1949.Moreimportantly,thismonographshowsingreatdetailhowMaoZedongestablishedhisleadershipthroughthisparty-widepoliticalmovementbymeansofaggressiveintrapartypurges,thoughtcontrol,coercivecadreexaminations,andtotalreorganizationsoftheParty’supperstructure.TheresultofthismovementnotonlysetupthefoundationforMao’snewChina,butalsodeeplyinfluencedtheChinesepoliticalstructuretoday.
TheChineseversionofHowtheRedSunRosewaspublishedin2000,andhashadtwenty-twoprintingssincethen.
