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Book I: Socrates presents the question of "what is justice?" amongst a group of friends and enemies. He begins to dismantle every argument while providing none of his own. He dismantles the legalist and traditional Greek definition of justice represented through Cephalus and Polemarchus and the Sophist definition represented through the character of Thrasymachus.

INTRODUCTION: To combat the escalation of People's War from a Low-Intensity Conflict(LIC) to a conventional war he suggests the imperialist military emphasize five key imperatives: To attain political dominance, unity of effort, adaptability, legitimacy and perseverance.

THE ROLE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY IN THE NATIONAL WAR is written as a guide for Communists to strengthen the Party's discipline as well as attitude to those in the Anti-Japanese War, it should be seen as a guide for Communists to apply to their own parties' policy on Cadre education, discipline and uniting with progressive elements in the nation.

COMBAT LIBERALISM: A short essay on combating attitudes that undermine unity and discipline in a Communist Party. Liberalism as Mao puts it is opportunism, and places petty-bourgeois individualism above the collective. It let's errors and counterrevolutionary speech slide so as to keep the peace.

ON CONTRADICTION usually read together with ON PRACTICE is an outline of Dialectical Materialism, the correct mode of thinking practiced by scientists and Marxists, and present in all class systems, weather and ecological systems etc.. This work is fundamental in grasping dialectics so as to avoid thinking in as Mao said in a "one sided manner."

On Practice remains one of Mao's monumental works. The basis that all human knowledge comes from practice, that in order to know you must do. That the criterion of practice is the basis for a correct theory. "Knowledge begins with practice, and theoretical knowledge which is acquired through practice must then return to practice."

In "Be Concerned with the Well-being of the Masses" and "The important thing is to be good at learning" he touches on concerning oneself with the people's welldoing in the former, in the latter he discusses that one cannot simply learn by textbooks but by actually taking what you learned and putting it into practice he discusses this with going to war and making generals and soldiering.

In "Be Concerned with the Well-being of the Masses" and "The important thing is to be good at learning" he touches on concerning oneself with the people's welldoing in the former, in the latter he discusses that one cannot simply learn by textbooks but by actually taking what you learned and putting it into practice he discusses this with going to war and making generals and soldiering.

“No Investigation, No Right to Speak”

In this short piece Mao gives advice on a method of learning. People who have not fully investigated a problem must shut up as they are spewing nonsense. This is an advice many need to take, myself included. However, Mao does not leave the reader without a guide to better themselves and their method of learning.

Report On an Invenstigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan (March 1927)

This is arguably the focal point of the History of the Communist Party of China. It documents the studying Mao did in the Hunan province of China, where he studied the Peasant Associations for 32 days, Hunan being the center of it all. This showcases the debate inside the CPC on the role of the peasantry in the Revolution.

"Unite with real friends in order to attack real enemies."

In this work Mao writes of the various social classed in the mid-1920s China. The comprador bourgeoisie and the landlords, the national bourgeoisie, the petty bourgeoisie, the semi-proletariat, the proletariat and the lumpen proletariat and their various roles in supporting the Revolution.

Chapter 7: "Not That These Youth Are Geniuses" Dedicated to the Young Communist League(YCL) which had difficulty bwin truly recognized by The Party until the final years of the Third Period. These comrades displayed a less sectarian attitude to the CPUSA in regards to other political ideologies and attracted socialist youth into their ranks. Their failings can be placed at the feet of the CPUSA.

Chapter 6: "Generals Are of No Use Without An Army" deals with the difficulties the CPUSA had in organizing Red Trade Unions. The TUUL constantly faced harrasment from the Mafia, AFL thugs and the City's Red Squad, an anti-communist paramilitary group. As such the Communist Party influence on trade unions was minimal, it's focus on white male workers was also it's downfall.

Chapter 5: "Abolish Capitalism" showcases the extreme difficulties faced by the Party in organizing workers into the TUUL, the Party's answer to the AFL. More results in organizing came from the unemployed or black workers than white workers

Chapter 4: Red Relief Through the Unemployment Councils Communists in Chicago managed to organize thousands of people facing eviction in the early years of the Great Depression. These councils assisted in providing food, turning on gas, electricity, and water in evicted homes and apartments, these militant actions were sometimes attacked by police with deadly force.

Chapter 3 "True Revolutionaries" show us the Party struggled very hard with racism amongst the rank and file and made efforts to set an example of violators. It also showcases the religiosity of Black Communists that disturbed party leaders. The background of the rank and file was a diverse as the multi-ethnic and multi-racial component of the Party.

This chapter deals with the role the Soviet Union played in shaping culture of the party. It also showcases the weakness the party had in empowering women and encompassing a feminist answer to the oppression of women.