Episode 68 - The Lords of War

This week I cover the arms trade fueling the civil wars in China, and the warlords' own efforts at building native arms industries. Then for the second half, I kick off the Second Zhili-Fengtian War, as the region north of Beijing once again became a battleground.    Bibliography for this episode:    Fairbank, John K & Denis Twitchett The Cambridge History of China, Volume 12: Republican China 1912-1949, Part 1 Cambridge University Press 1983 Sheridan, James E. China in Disintegration: The Republican Era in Chinese History 1912-1949 Macmillian Publishing Co, Inc 1975 Bianco, Lucien Origins of the Chinese Revolution, 1915-1949 Editions Gallimard 1967 Pye, Lucian W. Warlord Politics Praeger Publishers 1971 Chan, Anthony B. Arming the Chinese: The Western Armaments Trade in Warlord China, 1920-1928 UBC Press 2010 Waldron, Arthur From War to Nationalism: China's Turning Point, 1924-25 Cambridge University Press 1995   Questions? Comments? Email me at [email protected]