The Power of the Gun

  Preface

  Introduction
 expand section1—  Late Qing Military Organization
 expand section2—  The Politicization of the Military:  The New Army and the 1911 Revolution
 expand section3—  The Provincial Regimes of the Early Republic:  Civil Government under Military Governors
 expand section4—  Military Problems and Policies of the Provincial Regimes
 expand section5—  Centralization and the Provinces under the Dictatorship of Yuan Shikai
 expand section6—  The Anti-Monarchical War and the Inception of Warlordism
 expand section7—  The North-South War and the Triumph of Warlordism
 collapse section8—  Warlord Rule and the Failure of Civil Provincialism
 The Northern Warlord Regimes of Hunan and Hubei
 Military Organization and Autonomy in the Northern Warlord Regimes
 The Independent Provincial Forces
 The Fall of Zhang Jingyao
 The Fall of Wang Zhanyuan
 Conclusion
  Conclusion

  Appendix:  The Organizational Structure and Strength of Late Qing and Early Republican Armies
 expand sectionNotes
  Abbreviations
 expand sectionGlossary
  Works Cited
 expand sectionIndex

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