Warlord Politics in China, 1916-1928
Ch'I, Hsi-Sheng![Warlord Politics in China, 1916-1928](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/291/29170176/CHSBZCOP0329170176.jpg)
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 in...