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Warlord Politics in China, 1916-1928

Warlord Politics in China, 1916-1928

Ch'i, Hsi-Sheng

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General Political Science

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ISBN10: 0804708940
ISBN13: 9780804708944
Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Published: Jun 1 1976
Pages: 282
Language: English
The first comprehensive analytical treatment of warlordism in twentieth-century China, this book approaches regional militarism as a generic phenomenon of Chinese politics in the most complex and chaotic era of recent Chinese history.

After describing the emergence of militarist regimes after the death of Yuan Shih-k'ai in 1916, the author analyzes their membership, goals, capabilities, and sources of cohesion, in the process presenting new information on their organization, methods of recruitment, quality of training, types of weapons, tactical and strategic concepts, and means of financing. On the strength of this information, he offers a convincing explanation I balance-of-power terms for the baffling advances, retreats, clashes, and changes of allegiance that have puzzled students of the era.

His analysis makes clear how the leading warlords viewed the state, themselves, and each other. A concluding chapter presents an explanation based on systems theory for the Kuomintang's triumph over the warlords who had sought to confine its domain to Kwangtung.

Included as appendixes are a chronology of events and lists of national leaders and provincial military authorities from 1916 to 1928.

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