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Warlord Politics: Conflict and Coalition in the Modernization of Republican China
Maroon cloth binding, 212 pages including Notes, Bibliography, and Index. A volume in the Praeger Library of Chinese Affairs. Hardcover.
- GenresChina
221 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 1972
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Lucian W. Pye
48 books17 followersLucian Wilmot Pye (Chinese: 白魯恂) was an American political scientist, sinologist and comparative politics expert.
Pye focused on the characteristics of specific cultures in forming theories of political development of modernization of Third World nations, rather than seeking universal and overarching theories like most political scientists. As a result, he became regarded as one of the foremost contemporary practitioners and proponents of the concept of political culture and political psychology. Pye was a teacher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 35 years and served on several Asia-related research and policy organizations. He wrote or edited books and served as advisor to Democratic presidential candidates, including John F. Kennedy. Pye died of pneumonia at age 86.
Pye focused on the characteristics of specific cultures in forming theories of political development of modernization of Third World nations, rather than seeking universal and overarching theories like most political scientists. As a result, he became regarded as one of the foremost contemporary practitioners and proponents of the concept of political culture and political psychology. Pye was a teacher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 35 years and served on several Asia-related research and policy organizations. He wrote or edited books and served as advisor to Democratic presidential candidates, including John F. Kennedy. Pye died of pneumonia at age 86.
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February 5, 2026
Although this is not a profile of individual warlords, as I thought, it does not takeaway from the questioms this book seems to answer.
Instead, the author examines the political realities of capabilities of the warlords and how their pragmatism and determinist nature of these warlords contributes to their downfall.
Ultimately, this book raises a good point, the Chinese Warlords did more for the modernisation of China than history gives them. This synthesis of Qing and brute military power.
Instead, the author examines the political realities of capabilities of the warlords and how their pragmatism and determinist nature of these warlords contributes to their downfall.
Ultimately, this book raises a good point, the Chinese Warlords did more for the modernisation of China than history gives them. This synthesis of Qing and brute military power.
Displaying 1 of 1 review