This book has truthfully reproduced Deng Xiaoping's tortuous course of study and struggle in his youth (before the age of 45, 1904-1949). Deng Xiaoping pursued revolutionary truth with a global vision and won the revolutionary victory with outstanding military accomplishment. Deng Xiaoping's youth laid a solid foundation for his lifelong revolutionary pursuit. He remained firm in faith and had an unyielding spirit under any circumstances, making him a role model for young people today.