The Chinese Civil Wars 1911-1949

by Arthur Waldron

Book Overview

Arthur Waldon sketches the broad historical background to his subject and drawing on Chinese and western research focuses on three levels of conflict: the battle itself (making use of eyewitness accounts and memoirs), the strategy of campaigns, and the political significance of war (howbattles concretely affected the endless political contention of military leaders). With a keen awareness of the larger interpretative questions surrounding his subject,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340582642
• ISBN13: 9780340582640
• Release Date: November 2099
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers
• Length: 256 Pages