Stalin and Mao: Parallel Rise?

Russel Tarr compares and contrasts the rise to power of two Communist leaders.

'Long Live the Invincible Marxism, Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought!', Chinese poster, 1967.At first glance, the rise to power of Stalin and Mao appear easily comparable: both were members of deeply divided communist parties and both operated within societies that suffered from civil war and the ever-present threat of foreign attack.

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