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Few phases of history were as heavy with implications for the world at large than the turbulent years through which China moved from the overthrow of the last imperial dynasty in 1911, through anarchy, civil war and invasion, to the final triumph of the Communists in 1949 - yet …
"China was afflicted by a brutal succession of conflicts through much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Yet there has never been clear understanding of how wartime suffering defined the nation and shaped its people. In Beyond Suffering, a distinguished group of histori…
This collection moves beyond the geopolitical sphere to examine the multiple fronts - personal, social, and institutional - on which wars in modern China have been fought, experienced, and remembered.
This book explains why China has resorted to the use of large-scale military force in foreign affairs.How will China use its growing military might in coming crisis and existing conflicts? This book contributes to the current debate on the future of the Asia-Pacific region by ex…
"This book is concerned with the New Army and its role in the ultimate fall of the Qing dynasty ... The book concentrates on the period 1903-13 for the reason that the New Army owed its inception to the Commission for Army Reorganisation, which was formed in December 1903, and t…