A military history of modern China : from the Manchu conquest to Tian'anmen Square / Peter Worthing.
| Author/creator |
Worthing, Peter M., 1964- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2007. |
| Description | viii, 226 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subject(s) |
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| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-215) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007020657 |
| ISBN | 9780275987800 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0275987809 (alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | DS 754.15 .W65 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |