| The Power of the Gun |
| 1 | Preface |
| Introduction |
 | 1— Late Qing Military Organization |
| 2 | | 2— The Politicization of the Military: The New Army and the 1911 Revolution |
| 3 | | 3— The Provincial Regimes of the Early Republic: Civil Government under Military Governors |
 | 4— Military Problems and Policies of the Provincial Regimes |
| • | The Impact of Military Expansion |
| • | Military Control and Discipline |
| • | The Political Threat of the Military |
| • | Disbandment in Hunan |
| • | Disbandment in Hubei |
| • | Conclusion |
| 9 | | 5— Centralization and the Provinces under the Dictatorship of Yuan Shikai |
| 2 | | 6— The Anti-Monarchical War and the Inception of Warlordism |
| 7— The North-South War and the Triumph of Warlordism |
| 2 | | 8— Warlord Rule and the Failure of Civil Provincialism |
| Conclusion |
| Appendix: The Organizational Structure and Strength of Late Qing and Early Republican Armies |
| 6 | | Notes |
| Abbreviations |
| Glossary |
| 1 | Works Cited |
| 1 | | Index |