Chinese Civil Wars, 1911-1949

Arthur Waldon sketches the broad historical background to his subject and drawing on Chinese and western research focuses on three levels of conflict: the battle itself (making use of eyewitness accounts and memoirs), the strategy of campaigns, and the political significance of war (howbattles concretely affected the endless political contention of military leaders). With a keen awareness of the larger interpretative questions surrounding his subject, he provides a masterly guide to the momentous struggles that wracked China in the first half of this century, with repercussionsstretching down to the present day.Waldron, Arthur N. is the author of 'Chinese Civil Wars, 1911-1949', published 2004 under ISBN 9780340645352 and ISBN 0340645350.