Collected Military Works of Mao Zedong

A work reflecting the scientific system of Mao Zedong's military thought. Approved by the Central Committee of the CPC and the Central Military Commission, co-edited by the Literature Research Office of the Central Committee of the CPC and the Military Academy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and jointly published by the Military Science Publishing House and the Central Literature Publishing House in December 1993. The work is a sequential compilation of Mao's military-related articles, monographs, letters, reports, talks, orders, directions, telegrams, bulletins and instructions as well as inscriptions, poems and other 1,612 documents from August 1927 to December 1972, more than 2.67 million words, most of which were published for the first time.

Volume 1 contains 247 of Mao's military writings during the Agrarian Revolutionary War, reflecting in a more concentrated manner Mao's difficult exploration of a series of major issues such as opening up the path of the Chinese revolution, creating a new type of people's army, and the people's war and its strategy and tactics.

Volume 2 contains 244 of Mao's military writings from the Anti-Japanese War period, reflecting Mao's theories, lines, guidelines and policies on the Anti-Japanese National United Front, the all-out war of resistance, the protracted war and the guerrilla war.

Volumes 3, 4, and 5 contain 902 of Mao's military writings on the era of Liberation War, prominently reflecting Mao's theory and practice in strategic decision-making, operational guidance, and the art of command. From the actual situation of both the enemy and us, Mao made timely strategic decisions, proposed new strategic tasks and guidelines and methods to achieve them, and timely and targeted operational guiding principles that met the requirements of warfare development and adapted to the specific conditions of different battlefields. For example, the ten military principles outlined in "The Present Situation and Our Tasks" were a concentrated embodiment of all the guiding principles of our army during the Liberation War. Besides these, the collection also reflects the distinctive features of Mao Zedong's art of command, namely, mobility and flexibility, being good at mobilizing the enemy to create war opportunities, firmly grasping the initiative of war, and flexibility in everything as the enemy situation, time and place change. The writings of this period reflect the new development of Mao Zedong Thought on army construction.

Volume 6 contains 219 of Mao's military writings from the founding of the PRC to December 1972, mainly reflecting Mao's command of the People's Liberation Army to continue the strategic pursuit and liberation of the entire mainland and some important islands, including the march on Xizang and the peaceful liberation of Xizang; the resistance to the United States and the aid of Korea to protect the country; the defense of national security and territorial sovereignty integrity; and the construction of a modernized and formalized national defense army.

The Collected Military Works of Mao Zedong (Volumes 1-6) is by far the most systematic and comprehensive collection of Mao Zedong's military writings, specifically recording the creation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army from scratch, from small to large and the glorious history of hard and brilliant battles, truly reflecting the history of the emergence, formation and development of Mao Zedong's military thought, vividly demonstrating Mao Zedong's superb military command art, and more completely and comprehensively embodying the scientific theoretical system of Mao Zedong's military thought. This is a rich and valuable legacy of military and political theory left by Mao Zedong for posterity.