Chinese Civil War

Jiang Jieshi was trained by the Soviet Union, and did not believe in the mass social changes that drove the communist party. In the 1930's, China was having trouble keeping away the red army, the ccp and even pressures from the Japanese. Mao discovered the revolutionary potential of the peasants, the poor farm workers whose great numbers had been treated poorly by the warlords. From then on Mao switched his attention to this vast underprivileged class of people. Mao proposed that the poor peasants fill the role of revolutionary vanguard (the most important positions). They earned support from all types of social classes which allowed Maps power to increase.