Chinese Warlord Armies 1911-30

HUMILIATINGLY DEFEATED IN THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR 1894-95 AND THE BOXER REBELLION OF 1900, IMPERIAL CHINA COLLAPSED INTO REVOLUTION IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND A REPUBLIC WAS PROCLAIMED IN 1912. FROM THE DEATH OF THE FIRST PRESIDENT IN 1916 TO THE RISE OF THE NATIONALIST KUOMINTANG GOVERNMENT IN 1926, THE DIFFERING REGIONS OF THIS VAST COUNTRY WERE RULED BY ENDLESSLY FORMING, BREAKING, AND RE-FORMING ALLIANCES OF REGIONAL GENERALS WHO RULED AS `WARLORDS`. THIS BOOK STUDIES EACH GREAT WARLORD IN TURN, AS WELL AS THE ORGANIZATION OF THEIR FORCES WHICH ACQUIRED MUCH AND VERY VARIED WEAPONRY FROM THE WEST, INCLUDING THE LATEST FRENCH AIR FORCE BOMBERS.