Behind China's turmoil

Not long ago it was difficult to imagine China without Mao Ze-dong. No figure in history had so great a hand in charting the course of an entire civilization as Mao did through his leadership of the Chinese revolution. Although we think of him mainly as a great political and military strategiest, Mao also developed a far-reaching and comprehensive strategy for China's economic development. That is the subject of John G. Gurley's China's Economy and the Maoist Strategy. China's economic achievements under Mao gain particular significance in light of the worsening economies in the third world. China is one of the few countries that has successfully broken free of the capitalist international system and launched a sustained program of economic development on the basis of internally generated resources. It is the most important country to do so since World War II

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