This is a Concise political history of modern China which is unique in its comprehensiveness. Beginning with an account of the Republican Revolution of 1912, Professor Waller describes the rise to power of the Communist Party through all its phases. The book includes discussions of both the Cultural Revolution and the Ninth Communist Party Congress held in April 1969, as well as a description of the Chinese Communist Party's struggle with the Soviet Union for ideological leadership of the Communist world. In addition, there are sections on the armed forces, nuclear weapons development; national minorities and foreign policy toward Africa and Latin America.