Warlords

2011-10-17T13:41:34Z

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My reading in turn is titled Chinese Warlord by James E. Sheridan. It is about the emergence and importance of warlords in Chinese war-time history. The point has been brought up previously about how the large distance between Chinese officials made it difficult for the government to maintain control of many circumstances. From the short period of 1916 to 1918, nearly all of China was divided into regions of militarized zones controlled by certain men with most of the power.

These powers, occasionally were brought into unison with other regional powers for the cause of fighting greater and stronger powers. This usually happened by decree of the central government, however, the individuals who controlled the military in their respective area still had a large amount of influence and control. The central government's influence quickly declined after the Taiping Rebellion.

The Chinese forces fell to the Japanese forces in 1895 which showed to the central government a huge problem in their military: the dis-unity was hurting them more than helping. Yuan Shikai was asked to assemble a nation-wide force and to update their fighting tactics and styles. This led in one decade to the most unified and strongest force China had ever experienced.

Unfortunately, many local militias still remained in strong force. They refused to give in to the unification or simply did not know about it and continued to grow. It proved to be a very debilitating factor towards the Chinese people and as warlords grew in number, the problems did also.

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