Method & knowing

how to see a problem, how to judge

Where knowledge comes from - practice, investigation, judgement

Chapters 22 and 23

The machinery of error-correction - criticism, self-criticism, rectification

Chapters 24, 27, 28

Masses & organization

how to rely on people, how to organize them

From the masses, to the masses - the mass line and methods of work

Chapters 10, 11, 12

Why the book ends on 'study'

Chapters 30-33

War & military

how to size up the enemy, how to fight

Paper tigers and people's war - the book's view of war

Chapters 5-9

Character & style

how to treat others, how to demand of oneself

Serve the people - the conduct the book demands

Chapters 17-21