A Military History of Modern China: From the Manchu Conquest to Tian'anmen Square

by PeterM.Worthington (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2007

  $117.72

  War and the military have played central roles in shaping modern Chinese history. Warfare and the military have figured decisively in the rise and fall of imperial dynasties, the suppression of internal revolts, the emergence of revolutionary movements, and the conduct of China's foreign relations, all of which have shaped China's modern history.