Title:   Nanjing vs. Yan'an in "Peace" and War, 1929-1949

Speaker:   Dr. Howard Spendelow

Topic/Issues:  

1. Failed promise of the "Nanking Decade"
2. What the CCP learned in Yan'an
3. Impact of the "War of Resistance"
4. Civil war: KMT failure or Communist triumph?

Resources:

1. War of Resistance against Japan

Readings:

1. Eastman, Lloyd.  The Abortive Revolution
2. Selden, Mark.  The Yenan Way

Goals:

1. [tbd]