Chan (communication, U. of Ontario Institute of Technology) explores how Western governments and weapons companies exploited the conflict following the collapse of central government in China.
He covers warlord unification efforts as background to the armaments trade, the Western armaments trade and its control in warlord China, Chinese warlords and the armaments trade, and the
ramifications of the Western armaments trade. The first edition, published in 1982, has become the standard treatment of the topic. Chan provides a new preface to this paper edition.
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