A military history of modern China : from the Manchu conquest to Tian'anmen Square / Peter Worthing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Worthing, Peter M., 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History, Military--1644-1912.

China.

History, Military.

China--History, Military--1912-1949.

China--History, Military--1949-.

Physical Description:

viii, 226 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2007.

Summary:

War and the military have played central roles in shaping modern Chinese history. Warfare and the military have figured decisively in the rise and fall of imperial dynasties, the suppression of internal revolts, the emergence of revolutionary movements, the conduct of China's foreign relations, the development of political parties, the structure of governments, the rise of nationalism and the drive for modernization, all of which have shaped so much of China's modern history.

Contents:

War and the military in traditional China

Manchu conquest and the Qing dynasty

The Anglo-Chinese wars, 1839-1860

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, 1851-1864

At war with France and Japan, 1864-1895

The new armies and the 1911 revolution, 1895-1916

Warlords and the Northern Expedition, 1916-1928

Nationalist and Communist armies, 1927-1937

Manchuria and the Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1945

The Chinese Civil War, 1945-1949

China and the Korean War, 1950-1953

Border conflicts: Jinmen, India, and the USSR, 1958-1969

China, Indochina, and the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War

The Chinese military since 1980.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-215) and index.

ISBN:

9780275987800

0275987809

OCLC:

131069532