5/24/2023 0 Comments Warlord Soldiers by Diana LaryReview quote: 'With Professor Lary's well-written text, Republican China has finally been given the treatment it deserves. This introductory textbook for students and general readers is enhanced with biographies of key protagonists, Chinese proverbs, love stories, poetry and a feast of illustrations. Thereafter, in an unusual excursion from traditional histories of the period, she considers how the Republic survived on in Taiwan, comparing its ongoing prosperity with the economic and social decline of the Communist mainland in the Mao years. Diana Lary traces the history of the Republic from its beginnings in 1912, through the Nanjing decade, the warlord era, and the civil war with the Peoples' Liberation Army which ended in defeat in 1949. The ideals of the Chinese Republic, which was founded almost a century ago after 2000 years of imperial rule, still resonate as modern China edges towards openness and democracy. Twenty-first century China is emerging from decades of war and revolution into a new era. A concise and accessible history of the Chinese Republic, which lasted from 1912 to 1949.
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