UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2015 · Q7(b) · 20 marks
“The failure of Kuomintang against the communist onslaught was unimaginable and it was Mao Tse-tung whose tenacity and innovative approach had accomplished the unthinkable.” Discuss.
- Chapter
- Revolution and Counter-Revolution
- Topic
- The Chinese Revolution of 1949
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