Revolutionary base area

In Mao Zedong's original formulation of the concept of people's war, a revolutionary base area is a local stronghold that the revolutionary force conducting the people's war should attempt to establish, starting from a remote area with mountainous or otherwise difficult terrain in which its enemy is weak.

This kind of base helps the revolutionary conducting force to exploit the few advantages that a small revolutionary movement has—broad-based popular support can be one of them—against a state's power with a large and well-equipped army.

See also

• Jiangxi–Fujian Soviet
• Red corridor

References

• Museum of Revolutionary Base, Henan province

External links

• Mao Zedong: The Establishment of Base Areas
• Communist Party of Peru: Line of construction of the three instruments of the revolution
• Kishanji: To establish a liberated area