People's History of Ideas Podcast

• Revolution in the ‘20s, Go For It: The ‘Third Period’ Comes to China

  The 1920s that is. The Comintern lets the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee know how the objective conditions in China are ripening for revolution.Further reading:Nikolai Bukharin, “On the International Situation and the Tasks of the Chinese Communist Party”Nicholas Kozlov and Eric Weitz, “Reflections on the Origins of the ‘Third Period’: Bukharin, the Comintern, and the Political Economy of Weimar Germany”Robin Kelley, Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great DepressionTheodore Rosengarten, All God’s Dangers: The Life of Nate ShawSebastian Haffner, Failure of a Revolution: Germany 1918-1919Chen Jian, Zhou Enlai: A LifeJane Degras, ed., The Communist International, 1919-1943: Documents, vol. 3: 1929-1943 So Wai-chor, The Kuomintang Left in the National Revolution, 1924–1931Some names from this episode:Nikolai Bukharin, general secretary of the executive committee of the Comintern (1926-1929)Rosa Luxemburg, German communist leader murdered in 1919Karl Liebknecht, German communist leader murdered in 1919Li Lisan, leading CommunistStalin, StalinFeng Yuxiang, northwestern warlord who turned on Chiang Kai-shek during Sino-Soviet warWang Jingwei, the overall leader of the Guomindang LeftChen Gongbo, main ideologue of the Reorganization Comrades AssociationChen Duxiu, co-founder of the Communist PartyHe Long, leader of a soviet in the Hunan-Hubei border regionEpisode artwork:Li Lisan with familySupport the show

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• The Chinese Communist Party Interventions in the 1929 Sino-Soviet War

  How the Chinese Communist Party tried to turn war into revolution in Manchuria in 1929.Further reading:Bruce A. Elleman and Stephen Kotkin, eds., Manchurian Railways and the Opening of ChinaMichael M. Walker, The 1929 Sino-Soviet WarChong-Sik Lee, Revolutionary Struggle in Manchuria: Chinese Communism and Soviet Interest, 1922-1945“Japan Moves Town to Reach Coal Vein”Some names from this episode:Miles Lampson, British minister to ChinaYang Jingyu, Fushun special branch secretary of the CCPLiu Shaoqi, Communist labor organizer and secretary of the CCP’s Manchurian Committee from June 1929 to March 1930Ting Chün-yang, veteran communist sent to ManchuriaMeng Yongqian, veteran communist sent to ManchuriaEpisode artwork:Postcard of a Fushun coal mine from the early 1940sSupport the show

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• The 1929 Sino-Soviet War Concludes

  The final Soviet offensive, and some details on Chiang Ching-kuo’s activities as a student in Moscow.Further reading:Bruce A. Elleman and Stephen Kotkin, eds., Manchurian Railways and the Opening of ChinaMichael M. Walker, The 1929 Sino-Soviet WarJay Taylor, The Generalissimo's Son: Chiang Ching-Kuo and the Revolutions in China and TaiwanSome names from this episode:Zhang Xueliang, Manchurian warlordFeng Yuxiang, northwestern warlord who turned on Chiang Kai-shek during Sino-Soviet warJoseph Stilwell, United States military attaché in ChinaMikhail Borodin, Comintern agent and political head of Soviet mission to aid the Guomindang during the first Communist-Guomindang united frontChiang Ching-kuo, son of Chiang Kai-shek Zhou Enlai, leading CommunistVasily Blyukher, commander of the Special Far Eastern ArmyAleksandr Cherepanov, commander of the 39th Rifle Division in the Soviet Far EastEpisode artwork: Picture of a young Chiang Ching-kuoSupport the show

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• The 1929 Sino-Soviet War Begins

  Some basic military history of the beginning of the war.Further reading:Bruce A. Elleman and Stephen Kotkin, eds., Manchurian Railways and the Opening of ChinaMichael M. Walker, The 1929 Sino-Soviet WarJohn Erickson, The Soviet High Command: A Military-Political History, 1918-1941Some names from this episode:Vasily Blyukher (née Gurov, aka Galen), commander of the Special Far Eastern ArmyGebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general in Napoleonic warsAleksandr Cherepanov, commander of the 39th Rifle Division in the Soviet Far EastAndrei Bubnov, head of the political administration of the Soviet Red ArmyFeng Yuxiang, warlord close to both the USA and the Soviet UnionA. I. Traynin, captain of the Soviet warship SverdlovMok Yiuming, captain of the Chinese gunboat LishuiFedor Vulahov, lead petty officer of the SverdlovR. I. Yuanzem, commander of the Soviet warship Red EastI. I. Nikitin, captain of the Soviet warship Sun YatsenI. A. Onufriev, the commander of the 2nd “Amur” Rifle DivisionEpisode artwork:Photo of Soviet soldiers with captured Guomindang bannersSupport the show

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• The Chinese Eastern Railway: Background to the 1929 Sino-Soviet War

  The Guomindang moves to seize Soviet assets in Manchuria. Also, subscribe to the new substack at https://peopleshistoryofideas.substack.com/.Further reading:Bruce A. Elleman and Stephen Kotkin, eds., Manchurian Railways and the Opening of ChinaMichael M. Walker, The 1929 Sino-Soviet WarSome names from this episode:Li Lisan, Chairman of Central Committee Propaganda DepartmentChen Duxiu, Co-founder of the Chinese Communist PartyLi Dazhao, Co-founder of the Chinese Communist PartyLev Karakhan, Soviet deputy commissioner for foreign affairs in 1919 and acting commissioner in 1929Zhang Zuolin, Manchurian warlord killed by Japan in 1928Zhang Xueliang, Manchurian warlord, son of Zhang ZuolinMartemyan Nikitich Ryutin, Bolshevik leader of Harbin soviet in 1917Episode artwork: Flag of the Chinese Eastern RailwaySupport the show

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