得失之间——读王慎《1949:中国共产党怎样赢取民心》

The Gain and Loss——Book Review of 1949:How the Chinese Communist Party Won Chinese People's Hearts and Minds

王慎博士在《1949:中国共产党怎样赢取民心》一书中试图通过分析抗战胜利后国共双方民心得失经验,继而寻求1949年中国大陆政权何以鼎革的真谛。为此,他凭借历史学者敏锐的直觉以国民党怎样失民心,共产党如何得民心、固民心为线索,细致勾勒出从1945年到三大改造前夕数十年间的历史面貌,向读者清晰展现了20世纪中国第二次巨变的时代主题,进一步还原了近代中国社会发展的轨迹与脉络。本书对民心向背、得失之道的深刻阐释,有助于读者理解何为历史发展之必然,也为当下“百年未有之大变局”中的现代国家综合治理提供了有益启示。

Dr.Wang Shen tries to find out the truth that why the Communist Party won over the Kuomintang in his book 1949:How the Chinese Communist Party Won Chinese People's Hearts and Minds.Based on his historian instinct,he focuses on the mainline of how the Kuomintang lost people's support and how the Communist Party won and kept people's hearts,describing in detail the societal landscape of history from 1945 to the eve of the Three Great Remolding,clearly presenting to the reader about China's second great transformation in the 20th century by restoring the social development in modern China.This book explains the truth of the gain and loss of people's heart,which not only helps readers to understand what is the inevitable historical development,but also provides useful inspiration for better governance of modern China in the current era of unprecedented changes.