将近14亿人口的中国，故事很多。有9000多万党员的中国共产党，故事也很多。通过一本书，就想交出如何看中国共产党的历史和现实的答卷，是难以做到的。本书只能撮其要者，按中国共产党一路走来的线索和坐标，或抓取历史断面的风景，或融通纵向发展的理路，提出出发、传奇、砥柱、杰作、探索、新航、精神、道路、梦想这9个“如何看”的关键词，通过具体故事，来“带入”人们对中国共产党历史和现实的理解。

陈晋，中央文献研究室副主任、研究员，中国中共文献研究会副会长，毛泽东思想生平研究会会长，中国毛泽东诗词研究会会长。多年来从事中共党史文献和当代理论研究，以及电影、电视文献片撰稿，著述多次获中国图书奖、全国五个一工程奖、电视金鹰奖、电影华表奖。主要著述有：《毛泽东的文化性格》、《独领风骚：毛泽东心路解读》、《毛泽东、邓小平、江泽民与中国先进文化》、《世纪小平——解读一个领袖的性格魅力》、《大时代的脉络和记忆——从五四运动到改革开放》、《毛泽东阅读史》、《陈晋自选集》等十余部。担任《毛泽东》、《邓小平》、《周恩来》、《新中国》、《独领风骚——诗人毛泽东》、《大国崛起》、《筑梦路上》等多部大型电视文献片总撰稿。

Preface
Chapter 1 Starting Point: The Birth of the Communist Party of China
Backdrop of the Party's Birth
In Search of the Right Ideology
Founding of the CPC
Chapter2 Legend: What Lies beneath the Legend That Is the CPC?
Faith: Spreading Like a Wildfire
Where There's a Will, There's a Way
Unite and Forge ahead
Chapter 3 Mainstay: What Kind of Dreams and Faiths That Fired the Chinese Communist Revolution?
An Elegy
The United Front
A Tactical Formula
Twists and Turns
Chapter 4 Remarkable Feats: The Birth of New China
Essence of the Big Change
A Bittersweet Journey
The Change of People's Heart
Demonstration of Democracy
Two Historic Missions
Chapter 5 Explorations: What to Think of the Achievements and Mistakes of the Construction Period?
Exploration Begins with Learning
Great Undertakings in the Period of Exploration
What to Think of the Mistakes Made in Exploration?
Chapter 6 A New Journey: How Was the Reform and Opening-ug Policy Adopted and Advanced?
A Philosophical Question
At the Turning Point
The Breakthrough in the Economic Reform
A Clearer Vision for Modernization
Chapter 7 Spirit: What Temperament and Look Have Been Cultivated along the Way
Revolution: The Character of the 〝Foolish Old Man〞
Construction: The Spirit of Entrepreneurship
Reform: Pioneering and Responsibility
Discipline
Chapter 8 Path: What Is the Greatest Achievement?
What Is the Chinese Path?
How Does the Chinese Path Become What It Is?
How Did the Chinese Path Evolve?
Chapter 9 Dream: Where Shall We Go?
〝Liberation〞 of Yesterday
〝Moderate Prosperity〞 of Today
〝Rejuvenation〞 of Tomorrow