listening to Spence on the chinese revolutionary wars now i can't keep track of what's going on. it is a complete clusterfuck. chiang is flitting between leftists, the KMT has its own factions, lenin and trotsky are trying to control everything and fighting one another
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“During one of his campaigns, he publicly announced he would win the battle or come home in his coffin. When his troops were forced back he was true to his word—he was paraded through the streets, sitting in his coffin and smoking a large cigar.”
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"his father worked as head shaver and trumpeter, while his mother was an exorcist" How is this real!?!?
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