A military history of China
By: edited by David A. Graff and Robin Higham
Contributors: Graff, David A; Higham, Robin D. S
Publisher: Westview
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: China -- History, Military
Description: Armed conflict has always played an important role in Chinese history. Most of China's imperial dynasties were established as a result of success in battle, and the same may be said of the Guomindang (KMT) and Communist regimes in the 20th century. This volume offers a basic introduction to the military history of China from the second millennium B.C.E. to the present, and is intended to be accessible to non-specialists. The book?s sixteen chapters, organized along both thematic and chronological lines, deal with such topics as ?Continuity and Change,? ?Military Writings,? ?Warlordism in Early Republican China,? ?The Sino-Japanese War,? and ?Recent Developments in Chinese Military.? An Introduction to Chinese Military History focuses on recurring issues, problems, and patterns of conflict rather than traditional campaign narratives, and each chapter includes suggestions for further reading.
Notes: Originally published: 2001

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction / Robin Higham and David A. Graff; title: 2. Continuity and change / Edward L. Dreyer; title: E. State making and state breaking / David A. Graff; title: 4. The northern frontier / David C. Wright; title: 5. Water forces and naval operations / Peter Lorge; title: 6. Military writings / Ralph D. Sawyer; title: 7. The Qing empire / Paul Lococo Jr.; title: 8. The Taiping Rebellion: a military assessment of revolution and counterrevolution / Maochun Yu; title: 9. Beyond the marble boat: the transformation of the Chinese military, 1850-1911 / Richard S. Horowitz; title: 10. Warlordism in early republican China / Edward A. McCord; title: 11. The National Army from Whampoa to 1949 / Chang Jui-te; title: 12. The Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1931-1945 / Stephen R. MacKinnon; title: 13. "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun": Mao and the Red Army / William Wei; title: 14. Always faithful: the PLA from 1949 to 1989 / Dennis J. Blasko; title: 15. China's foreign conflicts since 1949 / Larry M. Wortzel; title: 16. Recent developments in the Chinese military / June Teufel Dreyer; title: Chinese place names; title: About the contributors; title: Index