A Comintern Agent in China 1932-1939

by Otto Braun, Jeanne Moore (Translator), Dick Wilson (Introduction)

English (translation)Original German

Genres: Nonfiction, China

278 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

Reviews

[M.]

Interesting look into the Long March and the birth of the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Zedong from a Western perspective. Otto Braun, or Li De, obviously resents his treatment at Mao's hands, which lends the work anti-Maoist tendencies. However his recollection as the only white person on the Long March is an invaluable source on how the Communist International/USSR interacted with the CCP during the early 1940s.

[Tomi Westerberg]

Kinda refreshing read so far, sheds some light to the Long March theories. Braun tells how it all started. The Long March was really an tactical retreat, not miserable failure of "Military Triad" by Braun, Bo Gu and Zhou Enlai, as Mao claimed in Zunyi.

[Nathan Morrison]

An absolutely fascinating book detailing the conflicts between Mao and his Comintern Representative.