Re: repost- The myths of chinese long march



On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:48:14 +0800, Jim Walsh
<jim_S_N_P_O_AM_walsh_iii@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Over 100,000 men began the trek on October 1934; only about 8,000 arrived
one year later in Yennan."

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/people_n2/persons6_n2/l_march.html

Why would anyone call this sort of disaster heroic or great?

Might as well go take a walk and call yourself a hero.
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