Twentieth Century China

by Oliver Edmund Clubb

Introduction
Delay of the dynastic principle
The revolution that failed
The birth of modern Chinese nationalism
Revolutionaries against the warlords
"First pacification, then resistance"
The resurgence of Chinese nationalism
The second Sino-Japanese War
Kuomintang-Communist struggle: final stage
The new regime
Peking at the Crossroads
Shift in Peking's foreign policy
Communist China today
Notes
Time Chart
Bibliographical Note
Index

Genres: China

470 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1964

Reviews

[Ryan Kooy]

Offers a Birds Eye view (and that’s being generous) of Chinese history in the 20th century. Frankly 400 pages just isn’t enough space to cover as complex a topic as this. Reading it felt like the author was just telling me what happened and when instead of why things happened or why I should care. Just not a very engaging read, might be useful if the reader already has background knowledge of the topic but I can’t say I recommend this one.