The Armies of Warlord China 1911-1928

by Philip Jowett

China in the 1910s and 1920s was dominated by a succession of military strongmen who fought with each other for the control of the country. Weak central government meant that provincial governors or Warlords and their personal armies were left to fight over the country. The wars that resulted cost millions of civilian deaths and the death of hundreds of thousands of ordinary soldiers. In total a staggering 500 wars were fought over a seventeen year...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764343459
• ISBN13: 9780764343452
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.7" x 11.2"