| Description |
viii, 226 p. : maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-215) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
China -- History, Military -- 1644-1912.
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China -- History, Military -- 1912-1949.
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China -- History, Military -- 1949-
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| ISBN |
0275987809 (alk. paper) |
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9780275987800 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2542717 |
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NLGGC 308958888 |
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