This book investigates the 'warlord' period in China, focusing on the pivotal year 1924.

Offers a new interpretation of the Chinese nationalists, placing their war of resistance against Japan in the context of their efforts to establish control over

Has the emergence of nationalism made warfare more brutal? Does strong nationalist identification increase efficiency in fighting? Is nationalism the cause or t

This interdisciplinary book is the first systematic study of the relationship between nationalism and war and, as such, makes an original contribution to theori

DIVAn historical analysis of how the Chinese constructed their understandings of their place in the world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries./