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6 MAO TSE-TUNG

PR OCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SHENSI-KANSU-
NINGSIA BORDER REGION AND THE REAR HEADQUARTERS
OF THE EIGHTH ROUTE ARMY 75

PROBLEMS OF STRATEGY IN GUERRILLA WAR AGAINST JAPAN 79
Chapter ú
Why Raise the Question of Strategy in Guerrilla War? 79
Chapter û
The Basic Principle of War Is to Preserve Oneself and Destroy
the Enemy 81
Chapter ü
Six Specific Problems of Strategy in Guerrilla War Against Japan 82
Chapter ý
Init iative, Flexibility and Planning in Conducting Offensives
Within the Defensive, Battles of Quick Decision Within
Protracted War, and Exterior-Line Operations Within Interior-
Line Operations 83
Chapter þ
Co-ordination with Regular Warfare 91
Chapter ÿ
The Establishment of Base Areas 93
1. The Types of Base Areas 94
2. Guerrilla Zones and Base Areas 96
3. Conditions for Establishing Base Areas 98
4. The Consolidation and Expansion of Base Areas 100
5. Forms in Which We and the Enemy Encircle One Another 101
Chapter Ā
The Strategic Defensive and the Strategic Offensive in Guerrilla
War 102
1. The Strategic Defensive in Guerrilla War 103
2. The Strategic Offensive in Guerrilla War 105
Chapter ā
Development of Guerrilla War into Mobile War 107
ChapterḤĂ
The Relationship of Command 109
ON PROTRACTED WAR 113
Statement of the Problem 113
The Basis of the Problem 121
Refutation of the Theory of National Subjugation 124
Compromise or Resistance? Corruption or Progress? 128