Isn't this article prove how important Mao is to the CCP and communist revolution? This article basically confirms that without Mao, KMT would have still ruled China. But this is not what Chang Jung and her followers believe. According to them Mao was an incompetent military strategist. CCP's sucess was largely due to the assiatnace from Russia and the U.S. (read Chang Pu's article on how US initiated truce in early 1946 helped the communists).