Mao's Three Phase Doctrine of War
The 3 phases of the Politburo strategy were: 1) terrorism & guerrilla war (1959 -1963), 2) mobile, semi-guerrilla/semi-conventional war (1964 -1971), & 3) conventional, positional war (1972 -1975). This corresponded to Mao's concepts.
This is a "stump" essay which will be revisited when time permits.