Date of Submission
Spring 2018
Academic Programs and Concentrations
Foreign Languages, Cultures, and Literature
Project Advisor 1
Robert Culp
Abstract/Artist's Statement
An in-depth look into the rise of Mao Zedong from the period of 1949-1959. talking specifically about how despite poor decisions made by Mao during both the first Five-year plan and the Great Leap Forward how he remained in power. the analysis of this is reading both the letter Peng Dehuai, his (Vice Premier) had written him in response too the decisions he had made and the overall outcome of this pinnacle Lushan conference.
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Recommended Citation
Ali, Shadeed Haneef II, "Mao Zedong's Rise to Power: How One Man Changed the Future for the Better; then Changed it for Himself" (2018). Senior Projects Spring 2018. 237.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/senproj_s2018/237
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