Title	2
	Contents	5
	Preface	7
	Abbreviations	13
	Deng Xiaoping	15
	1 Deng Xiaoping, communism and revolution	25
	THE CCP AND THE PATH TO POWER	31
	THE MAO-DOMINATED ERA OF CHINESE POLITICS	34
	LEADERSHIP POLITICS IN THE CCP	39
	2 Childhood, youth and travel, 1904–1937	46
	FAMILY BACKGROUND AND EARLY LIFE	46
	CROISSANTS, LE CREUSOT AND COMMUNISM	49
	STUDENT TO POLITICAL WORKER	51
	GUANGXI AND PEASANT INSURRECTION	54
	JIANGXI, MAO ZEDONG AND THE LONG MARCH	57
	3 Military service, 1937–1952	61
	THE EIGHTH ROUTE ARMY	62
	THE TAIHANG REGION	65
	CIVIL WAR	69
	RETURN TO THE SOUTH-WEST	71
	4 Party affairs and leadership, 1952–1960	73
	LEADERSHIP CONFLICT	74
	THE 8th CONGRESS OF THE CCP	77
	RECTIFICATION	81
	THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD	83
	5 Reconstruction and Mao, 1960–1966	87
	RECONSTRUCTION	89
	RECTIFICATION AND ‘CLASS STRUGGLE’	92
	THE SINO-SOVIET SPLIT	95
	THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION	97
	6 Modernization and conflict, 1969–1978	101
	JIANGXI DAYS	101
	THE ‘FOUR MODERNIZATIONS’	103
	THE TIANANMEN INCIDENT, 1976	106
	THE 3rd PLENUM OF THE 11th CCP CENTRAL COMMITTEE	109
	7 The foundations of reform, 1979–1984	114
	LAUNCHING REFORM	116
	‘PROBLEMS INHERITED FROM HISTORY’	119
	AN AGENDA FOR POLITICAL REFORM	121
	‘SOCIALISM WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS’	123
	8 Reaction, readjustment and retirement, 1985 and after	126
	THE NATIONAL PARTY CONFERENCE OF 1985	126
	HU YAOBANG AND ZHAO ZIYANG	129
	TIANANMEN 1989	132
	RETIREMENT AND HISTORY	135
	9 Comrade Deng	139
	THE FAMILY MAN	139
	THE SOLDIER	141
	THE REFORMER	147
	10 Deng Xiaoping in his own words	150
	COLLECTIONS	152
	SPEECHES, WRITINGS, INSTRUCTIONS AND COMMENTS	154
	Notes	187
	PREFACE	187
	1 DENG XIAOPING, COMMUNISM AND REVOLUTION	187
	2 CHILDHOOD, YOUTH AND TRAVEL, 1904–1937	190
	3 MILITARY SERVICE, 1937–1952	192
	4 PARTY AFFAIRS AND LEADERSHIP, 1952–1960	195
	5 RECONSTRUCTION AND MAO, 1960–1966	197
	6 MODERNIZATION AND CONFLICT, 1969–1978	199
	7 THE FOUNDATIONS OF REFORM, 1979–1984	202
	8 REACTION, READJUSTMENT AND RETIREMENT, 1985 AND AFTER	205
	9 COMRADE DENG	207
	10 DENG XIAOPING IN HIS OWN WORDS	208
	Bibliography	210
	NOTES	212
	CCP AND PRC PUBLICATIONS	213
	BOOKS AND ARTICLES PUBLISHED OUTSIDE THE PRC	222
	Index	228