Modern Chinese warfare, 1795-1989
Annotation Why did the Chinese empire collapse and why did it take so long for a new government to reunite China? Modern Chinese Warfare, 1795-1989seeks to answer these questions by exploring the most important domestic and international conflicts over the past two hundred years, from the last half of the Qing empire through to modern day China. It reveals how most of China's wars during this period were fought to preserve unity in China, and examines their distinctly cyclical pattern of imperial decline, domestic chaos and finally the creation of a new unifying dynasty. By 1989 this cycle appeared complete, but the author asks how long this government will be able to hold power. Exposing China as an imperialist country, and one which has often manipulated western powers in its favour, Bruce Elleman seeks to redress the views of China as a victimised nation
Electronic books
1 online resource (xii, 363 pages) : maps
9780203976913, 9786610140947, 9780415214742, 0203976916, 6610140944, 0415214742
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Part Part 1 IMPERIAL DECLINE
chapter 1 THE SECRET SOCIETIES AND QING DYNASTIC DECLINE
chapter 2 THE OPIUM WAR AND THE ORIGIN OF CHINA'S MODERN WARFARE
chapter 3 THE TAIPING REBELLION AND THE ARROW WAR
chapter 4 THE NIAN, MUSLIM, AND TUNGAN REBELLIONS
part Part 2 IMPERIAL FALL
chapter 5 THE ILI CRISIS AND CHINA'S DEFENSE OF XINJIANG AGAINST RUSSIA
chapter 6 THE SINO-FRENCH WAR IN ANNAM
chapter 7 THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR AND THE PARTITIONING OF CHINA
chapter 8 THE BOXER ANTI-FOREIGN UPRISING
chapter 9 THE CHINESE REVOLUTION AND THE FALL OF THE QING
part Part 3 IMPERIAL INTERREGNUM
chapter 10 THE WARLORD ERA AND THE NATIONALISTS' NORTHERN EXPEDITION TO UNITE CHINA
chapter 11 The Sino-Soviet conflict in Manchuria
chapter 12 The Sino-Japanese conflict
chapter 13 China's Nationalist-Communist civil war
part Part 4 IMPERIAL RESURGENCE
chapter 14 CHINA'S ROLE IN THE KOREAN WAR
chapter 15 THE SINO-INDIAN BORDER DISPUTE
chapter 16 The Sino-Soviet territorial conflict
chapter 17 The Sino-Vietnamese conflict
part Part 5 THE DYNASTIC QUESTION
chapter 18 THE TIANANMEN MASSACRE AND THE FUTURE OF THE PLA
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