Discuss the causes of the failure of nationalists against the communists.

Causes of the failure of nationalists:

• There was lack of unity among the members of Guomindang. They continued to quarrel among themselves and were corrupt too. On the contrary, the Communists were very disciplined.
• Chiang Kai-shek also failed to provide good leadership to the nationalists.
• The government set up by the nationalists failed to control the prices.
• Chiang Kai-shek followed the traditional method of rule. Therefore, his government could not gain popularity.
• Communists organised themselves into trained army. Therefore, they succeeded in defeating nationalists.