Note on the Spelling of Chinese Words -- Cast of Characters -- Introduction: Myths and Realities -- pt. 1. The Apprentice -- The Foster Child of the Bodhisattva -- On The Threshold Of A New World -- "I Think, Therefore, I Am" -- The Sound of Footsteps in a Deserted Valley -- Dreams of a Red Chamber -- The Great Union of the Popular Masses -- Breathing World Revolution, or The Magic Of Dictatorship -- "Following the Russian Path" -- The Lessons of Bolshevik Tactics -- pt. 2. The Revolutionary -- Entering the Guomindang -- Hopes and Disappointments -- Playing with Chiang Kai-shek -- The Collapse of the United Front -- The Path to the Soviets -- Red Banner over the Jinggang Mountains -- A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire -- Under the Comintern's Wing -- Dog Eat Dog Communist-Style -- The Long March -- The Xi'an Incident -- The Flirtatious Philosopher -- Consolidating Control over the CCP -- Stalin, Mao, and the New Democratic Revolution in China -- pt. 3. The Dictator -- Visit to the Red Mecca -- The Korean Adventure -- The Contradictions of New Democracy -- Socialist Industrialization -- The Great Turning Point -- The Emancipation of Consciousness -- The Great Leap Forward -- Famine and Fear -- "The Dismissal of Hai Rui from Office" -- To Rebel Is Justified -- The Red Guard Tragedy -- The Mystery of Project 571 -- Death of The Red Emperor -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Mao Zedong's Chronology -- Appendix: Mao Zedong's Genealogy.