'A comprehensive, well-organized survey' English Historical Review "This will remain the standard guide to Republican wrfare for many years to come.""Dreyer must be thanked for bringing together all this information in a single book." The China quarterly

• Introduction 1 Military reform and revolution, 1901-11 2 Peiyang Army ascendancy, 1911-19 3 High Warlordism, 1919-25 4 The Northern Expedition, 1925-31 5 Diseases of skin and heart, 1931-7 6 The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-41 7 China and the Second World War, 1941-5 8 The Chinese Civil War, 1945-9 Conclusion

'A comprehensive, well-organized survey' English Historical Review "This will remain the standard guide to Republican wrfare for many years to come.""Dreyer must be thanked for bringing together all this information in a single book." The China quarterly

• Introduction 1 Military reform and revolution, 1901-11 2 Peiyang Army ascendancy, 1911-19 3 High Warlordism, 1919-25 4 The Northern Expedition, 1925-31 5 Diseases of skin and heart, 1931-7 6 The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-41 7 China and the Second World War, 1941-5 8 The Chinese Civil War, 1945-9 Conclusion

'A comprehensive, well-organized survey' English Historical Review "This will remain the standard guide to Republican wrfare for many years to come.""Dreyer must be thanked for bringing together all this information in a single book." The China quarterly

• Introduction 1 Military reform and revolution, 1901-11 2 Peiyang Army ascendancy, 1911-19 3 High Warlordism, 1919-25 4 The Northern Expedition, 1925-31 5 Diseases of skin and heart, 1931-7 6 The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-41 7 China and the Second World War, 1941-5 8 The Chinese Civil War, 1945-9 Conclusion