The Power of the Gun |
1 | Preface |
Introduction |
1— Late Qing Military Organization |
• | The Traditional Qing Military System and the Rise of the Yongying |
• | The Political Legacy of Yongying Organization |
• | Military Self-Strengthening in the Late Nineteenth Century |
• | The Organization of the New Armies |
• | Provincial Military Organization in Hunan and Hubei on the Eve of the Revolution |
• | Conclusion |
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 |
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 |