The Power of the Gun

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Preface

Introduction

1—  Late Qing Military Organization

2—  The Politicization of the Military:  The New Army and the 1911 Revolution

3—  The Provincial Regimes of the Early Republic:  Civil Government under Military Governors

4—  Military Problems and Policies of the Provincial Regimes

5—  Centralization and the Provinces under the Dictatorship of Yuan Shikai

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The Second Revolution

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Centralization and the Demise of the Provincial Regimes

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The Realignment of Central and Provincial Military Power

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Military Governors and Central Control

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Administrative Centralization in the Provinces

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Political Authority and Coercion under the Dictatorship

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Yuan's Monarchist Venture

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Conclusion

6—  The Anti-Monarchical War and the Inception of Warlordism

7—  The North-South War and the Triumph of Warlordism

8—  Warlord Rule and the Failure of Civil Provincialism

Conclusion

Appendix:  The Organizational Structure and Strength of Late Qing and Early Republican Armies

Notes

Abbreviations

Glossary

Works Cited

Index

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