War in Modern China by Harold M Tanner - 9781032469386

War in Modern ChinaA Military History\nAuthor(s): Harold M Tanner\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032469386, 978-1032469386\nSynopsis\nThis book offers comprehensive coverage of Chinas military history from the Qing dynasty [tel] to present.\n\nChina has become one of the great world powers of the twenty-first century. As a result, Chinese leaders and observers outside of China alike seek to explain Chinas strategic thought and action. In doing so, they routinely refer to Chinas military history. This volume examines this history, beginning with the Qing dynastys era of imperial expansion and subsequent decline, continuing with the wars against foreign aggression and internal uprisings of the nineteenth century, the revolutionary overthrow of the Qing in 1911 and seemingly constant wars of the first half of the twentieth century, and concluding with the Chinese Communist Partys use of military power from 1950 to.