| The Power of the Gun |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| • | A |
| • | B |
| • | C |
| • | D |
| • | F |
| • | G |
| • | H |
| • | J |
| • | K |
| • | L |
| • | M |
| • | N |
| • | P |
| • | Q |
| • | R |
| • | S |
| • | T |
| • | W |
| • | X |
| • | Y |
| • | Z |
| Works Cited |
| Index |