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A military history of modern China : from the Manchu conquest to Tian'anmen Square / Peter Worthing.

By: Publication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2007.Description: viii, 226 p. : maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780275987800 (alk. paper)
  • 0275987809 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Military history of modern China.DDC classification:
  • 355.00951 22
LOC classification:
  • DS754.15 .W65 2007
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.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks DS754.15 .W65 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TBC00013975

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-215) and index.

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.

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