IA Plan of Investigation

This investigation assesses the question: to what extent did Mao's propaganda have an important role in maintaining control through the People's Liberation Army, Great Leap Forward, and Cultural Revolution? In order to understand Mao's propaganda and his efforts to maintain control, research will involve assessing Mao’s control through propaganda and other methods, the history before and about the People’s Liberation Army, Great Leap Forward, and Cultural Revolution, as well as the effects of propaganda on the perception of those three events. The main sources for this investigation will be used for examining Mao's propaganda (primary sources) and undergoing thorough investigation into his regime of power (secondary sources).