- Part One – Lukewarm Believer[rtoc]
- On the Cusp from Ancient to Modern (1893-1911; age 1-17)
- Becoming a Communist (1911-20; age 17-26)
- Lukewarm Believer (1920-25; age 26-31)
- Rise and Demise in the Nationalist Party (1925-27; age 31-33)[/rtoc]
- Part Two – Long March to Supremacy in the Party[rtoc]
- Hijacking a Red Force and Taking Over Bandit Land (1927-28; age 33-34)
- Subjugating the Red Army Supremo (1928-30; age 34-36)
- Takeover Leads to Death of Second Wife (1927-30; age 33-36)
- Bloody Purge Paves the Way for ‘Chairman Mao’ (1929-31; age 35-37)
- Mao and the First Red State (1931-34; age 37-40)
- Troublemaker to Figurehead (1931-34; age 37-40)
- How Mao Got onto the Long March (1933-34; age 39-40)
- Long March I: Chiang Lets the Reds Go (1934; age 40)
- Long March II: The Power behind the Throne (1934-35; age 40-41)
- Long March III: Monopolising the Moscow Connection (1935; age 41)[/rtoc]
- Part Three – Building His Power Base[rtoc]
- The Timely Death of Mao’s Host (1935-36; age 41-42)
- Chiang Kai-Shek Kidnapped (1935-36; age 41-42)
- A National Player (1936; age 42-43)
- New Image, New Life and New Wife (1937-38; age 43-44)
- Red Mole Triggers China-Japan War (1937-38; age 43-44)
- Fight Rivals and Chiang – Not Japan (1937-40; age 43-46)
- Most Desired Scenario: Stalin Carves up China with Japan (1939-40; age 45-46)
- Death Trap for His Own Men (1940-41; age 46-47)
- Building a Power Base through Terror (1941-45; age 47-51)
- Uncowed Opponent Poisoned (1941-45; age 47-51)
- Supreme Party Leader at Last (1942-45; age 48-51)[/rtoc]
- Part Four – To Conquer China[rtoc]
- ‘Revolutionary Opium War’ (1937-45; age 43-51)
- The Russians Are Coming! (1945-46; age 51-52)
- Saved by Washington (1944-47; age 50-53)
- Moles, Betrayals and Poor Leadership Doom Chiang (1945-49; age 51-55)
- China Conquered (1946-49; age 52-55)
- Totalitarian State, Extravagant Lifestyle (1949-53; age 55-59)[/rtoc]
- Part Five – Chasing a Superpower Dream[rtoc]
- Rivalry with Stalin (1947-49; age 53-55)
- Two Tyrants Wrestle (1949-50; age 55-56)
- Why Mao and Stalin Started the Korean War (1949-50; age 55-56)
- Mao Milks the Korean War (1950-53; age 56-59)
- Launching the Secret Superpower Programme (1953-54; age 59-60)
- War on Peasants (1953-56; age 59-62)
- Undermining Kruschchev (1956-59; age 62-65)
- Killing the ‘Hundred Flowers’ (1957-58; age 63-64)
- The Great Leap: ‘Half of China May Well Have to Die’ (1958-61; age 64-67)
- Defence Minister Peng’s Lonely Battle (1958-59; age 64-65)
- The Tibetans Rebel (1950-61; age 56-67)
- Maoism Goes Global (1959-64; age 65-70)
- Ambushed by the President (1961-62; age 67-68)
- The Bomb (1962-64; age 68-70)
- A Time of Uncertainty and Setbacks (1962-65; age 68-71)[/rtoc]
- Part Six – Unsweet Revenge[rtoc]
- A Horse-trade Secures the Cultural Revolution (1965-66; age 71-72)
- The Great Purge (1966-67; age 72-73)
- Unsweet Revenge (1966-74; age 72-80)
- The Chairman’s New Outfit (1967-70; age 73-76)
- A War Scare (1969-71; age 75-77)
- Falling Out with Lin Biao (1970-71; age 76-77)
- Maoism Falls Flat on the World Stage (1966-70; age 72-76)
- Nixon: the Red-baiter Baited (1970-73; age 76-79)
- The Boss Denies Chou Cancer Treatment (1972-74; age 78-80)
- Mme Mao in the Cultural Revolution (1966-75; age 72-81)
- Enfeebled Mao Hedges His Bets (1973-76; age 79-82)
- Last Days (1974-76; age 80-82)[/rtoc]
- Epilogue
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