From War to Nationalism: China's Turning Point, 1924-1925

by Arthur Waldron

Book Overview

Scholars have long recognised that Chinese politics changed fundamentally in 1925, when the radical nationalism of the May Thirtieth Movement took political centre stage. This book explains the connection between the beginning of the Nationalist revolution and the introduction of modern World War I style warfare to China. Its focus is the key year 1924, which saw a regional dispute about the status of Shanghai escalate into a massive civil war. Drawing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052152332X
• ISBN13: 9780521523325
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"