A Military History of Modern China, 1924-1949

A Military History of Modern China 1924-1949
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
1 · PARTNERS IN REVOLUTION. SOVIET MILITARY POLICY AND ADVISERS IN CHINA
2 · THE ASCENDANCE OF WHAMPOA AND CHIANG KAI-SHEK
	I. The Foundation of the Military Academy. Its
Policies
	II. Early Whampoa Victories. Chiang's Leadership Assured
	III. Cheng-chi-pu: Political Administration of the
Army
	IV. Galen and the Establishment of Soviet Dominance
	V. Chiang Kai-shek Rises to Power
3 · LAUNCHING THE NORTHERN EXPEDITION: REASONS AND RESULTS
	I. A Difficult Problem: The Expansion of the
National Revolutionary Army
	II. The Bold Solution: Preparations for the Northern Expedition
	III. Cross Purposes: Chiang and the Northern Campaign - and the Communists
4 · THE SOVIET MASTER PLAN FAILS. THE KUOMINTANG - COMMUNIST SPLIT
	I. Wuhan: The Communist Military Attempt
	II. The Communist Political Attempt
	III. Chiang Kai-shek Fights Back
	IV. The Commanders and the Commissars - The Kuomintang - Communist Split
5 · THE CONSOLIDATION OF CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S POWER
6 · A CRITICAL SUMMARY OF THE PERIOD 1924-1928
7 · THE BEGINNINGS OF GERMAN INFLUENCE: REORGANIZATION
	I. The Need for Reorganization
	II. The Short and Important Career of Max Bauer
	III. The Background of the Reorganization: German
Models. Japanese Models. Chinese Models
	IV. The Nature of the Reorganization
8 · TOWARD MILITARIZATION WITH CHIANG KAI-SHEK
	I. The Immediate Problem of Troop Disbandment
	II. Unification of the New Army under Chiang
	III. German Advisers Kriebel and Wetzell
	IV. The Creation of a Military Council
	V. Chiang Controls the Military Council:
Militarization
9 · THE MOLDING OF "BASIC" MILITARY POWER
	I. The importance of the Central Military Academy
	II. The Basic and Specialized Educational Programs
	III. General Staff Training: The Spirit of the General
Staff College. Regular and Senior Command
Courses. Advanced Study Abroad. An Evaluation
of the Chinese System
10 · GERMAN MILITARY AND INDUSTRIAL INFLUENCE: VON SEECKT AND VON FALKENHAUSEN
	I. Mutual Cooperation: The Sino-German
Relationship Defined
	II. Von Seeckt's First Chinese Mission: The Denkschrift fuer Marschall Chiang Kai-shek
	III. Von Seeckt's Second Chinese Mission: His Aims
and His Success
	IV. Cooperation in High Gear: von Falkcnhausen
11 · 1937, THE TIME FOR WAR
	I. K'ang Chang Tao-Ti: A Fight to the Last
	II. China's Strategy
	III. Preparation and the Lack of It
	IV. The Nationalist Army: Forth to Battle
12 · THE STATE IN ARMS : WARTIME ORGANIZATION
	I. The Theory: Concentration of Power for Total War
	II. The Growth and Problems of the Military Council
	III. The Supreme National Defense Conference and
Supreme Defense Council
	IV. The Government within the Government: The
Generalissimo's Personal Staff
	V. The Chinese Field Organization
13 · THE PEOPLE IN ARMS : MANPOWER MOBILIZATION
	I. Conscription
	II. Malnutrition and Disease
	III. Illiteracy
	IV. Ssu Shou: Do or Die!
	V. Leadership
	VI. Commanders
14 · THE MOBILIZATION OF INDUSTRY
	I. Native Potentialities
	II. Foreign Imports
	III. Management and Mismanagement
15 · GERMAN AND SOVIET FACTORS
	I. The Dependability of the German Advisers
	II. The Craftiness of the Kremlin: The Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact. Sino-Soviet Trade. The Soviet Military Men in China
	III. The Deterioration of Sino-Soviet Relations
16 · VINEGAR AND HONEY : THE STILWELL AND WEDEMEYER MISSIONS IN CHINA
	PART ONE : STILWELL'S FAILURE
		I. Early Missions to China
		II. "A Small-Fry Colonel" Returns as a General
		III. Problems for "Vinegar Joe"
		IV. Stilwell Is Recalled
	PART TWO : STILWELL'S SUCCESS
		I. The Plan for Burma: Chinese Troops, American-Trained
		II. Ramgarh: The Program in India
		III. An Evaluation of Ramgarh's Success
		IV. Kunming and Kweilin: The Program in China
		V. The Pincer Movement: The Recovery of Burma
	PART THREE : WEDEMEYER'S SUCCESS
17 · THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR, 1937-1945
	First Phase: From Wanping to the Fall of Hankow
	Second Phase: The Chinese Reds Play Their Own Game
	Third Phase
		I. Enter the American Ally
		II. The First Burma Campaign
		III. Victory in Burma and Its Aftermath
		IV. Operation Ichi-go: The Japanese Offensive
		V. The Conclusion of the War
	Summary
18 · FROM VICTORY TO DEFEAT
	I. The Japanese Surrender and Its Aftermath
	II. Reorganization toward Chaos
	III. The Failure of the Marshall Plan for China
19 · THE COMMUNIST TRIUMPH ON THE MAINLAND
	I. The Seeds of Defeat
	II. The Widening Gulf
	III. The Communist Strategy
	IV. The Loss of Manchuria: The Beginning of the
End
	V. The Decisive Huai-Hai Campaign: The Fall of
Hsuchow
	VI. The Crossing of the Yangtze. The Exile to
Formosa
EPILOGUE · PORTAL TO THE FUTURE
	I. The Past Reviewed
	II. The Future Suggested
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
	I. EARLIER CHINESE HISTORY AND CULTURE, GENERAL AND MILITARY
	II. MILITARY ART AND STRATEGY : NON-CHINESE WORKS
	III. CONTEMPORARY CHINA BEFORE WORLD WAR II
	IV. WORLD WAR II AND THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR
	V . MILITARY AND GENERAL HISTORICAL EVENTS OF CHINA AFTER WORLD WAR II
	VI. WORKS USEFUL AS BACKGROUND MATERIAL
	VII. COMPARATIVE MILITARY INSTITUTIONS
	VIII. PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS
INDEX