Note on Transliteration
Preface
Introduction
Reference Entries
Agrarian Revolutionary War (1927-1937)
American Volunteer Group (1941-1942)
An-Shi, Rebellion of (755-763)
Anti-Japanese Military and Political College (1936-1945)
Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Art of War, The
Autumn Harvest Uprising (1927)
Bandit Extermination Campaigns (1949-1953)
Banner System (1601-1912)
Beiping-Tianjin Campaign (1948-1949)
Beiyang Army (1906-1927)
Boxer Rebellion
Cao Cao (155-220)
Cao Gangchuan (1935-)
Changsha Uprising (1930)
Chen Geng (Chen Keng, 1903-1961)
Chen Xilian (Ch'en Hsi-lian) (1915-1999)
Chen Yi (Ch'en Yi) (1901-1972)
Chengpu, Battle of (632 BC)
Chennault, Claire Lee (1893-1958)
Chi Haotian (1929-)
Chibi, Battle of (208)
China, People's Republic of
China, Republic of
China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater
Chinese Civil War (1946-1949)
Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
Chinese Intervention in the Korean War (1950-1953)
Chinese Military Advisory Group (1950-1955)
Chinese Offensive in Korea, First (October 25-November 6, 1950)
Chinese Offensive in Korea, Second (November 25-December 24, 1950)
Chinese Offensive in Korea, Third (December 31, 1950-January 8, 1951)
Chinese Offensive in Korea, Fourth (January 25-April 21, 1951)
Chinese Offensive in Korea, Fifth (April 22-May 23, 1951)
Chinese People's Volunteer Force (1950-1953)
Chinese Revolution of 1911
Chinese Summer Offensives in Korea (1953)
Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army (1927-1937)
Commission of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense (1958-2008)
Confucian-Mencian Paradigm
Counterrevolutionaries, Campaign against (1950-1953)
Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
Dalai Lama (1935-)
Damansky Island (Zhenbao Island)
Deng Xiaoping (Deng Hsiao-ping) (1904-1997)
Dixie Mission (1944-1947)
Dongshan Island Landing Campaign (1953)
Eight Foreign Armies Invasion of China (1900-1901)
Eight Trigrams Rebellion (1813)
Eighth Route Army (1937-1945)
Encirclement Campaigns (1930-1934)
Eunuchs
Ever-Victorious Army (1860-1864)
Fei River, Battle of (383)
Fengtian-Zhili War (1922-1924)
First Field Army (1948-1950)
Five Seven One (571) Plan (1971)
Four Modernizations
Fourth Field Army (1948-1955)
Fu Zuoyi (Fu Tso-yi) (1895-1974)
Fubing (550-1200)
Gang of Four (1966-1977)
Gao Gang (Kao Kang) (1902-1954)
General Departments of the People's Liberation Army
Genghis Khan (1162-1227)
Grand Canal
Great Wall
Guandu, Battle of (200)
Guangzhou Uprising (1927)
Guerrilla Warfare (1928-1949)
Gunpowder
Guomindang
Han, Cavalry of (206 BC-220 AD)
Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Han Wudi, Emperor (156-87 BC)
He Long (Ho Lung) (1896-1969)
Hong Kong
Hong Xiuquan (Hung Hsiu-ch'uan) (1814-1864)
Hong Xuezhi (Hong Hsue-ch'i) (1913-2006)
Hua Guofeng (1921-2008)
Huai-Hai Campaign (November 1948-January 1949)
Huang Chao's Rebellion (874-884)
Huang Kecheng (1902-1986)
Hundred Regiments Campaign (1940)
Ichi-go Campaign (April-December 1944)
Japan, Attack on Manchuria (1931)
Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) (1887-1975)
Jiang Zemin (1926-)
Jiangnan Arsenal
Jiangxi Soviet (1930-1934)
Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base Area (1928-1934)
Jinmen (Quemoy or Kinmen)
Julu, Battle of (208-207 BC)
Kangxi (K'ang-hsi), Emperor (1654-1722)
Korean War (1950-1953)
Korean War Armistice Agreement (July 27, 1953)
Kublai Khan (Khubilai Khan) (1215-1294)
Li Desheng (1916-2011)
Li Hongzhang (Li Hung-chang) (1823-1901)
Li Shimin, Emperor (599-649)
Li Xiannian (1909-1992)
Li Zicheng (Li Tzu-ch'eng) (1605-1645)
Liao-Shen Campaign (September-November 1948)
Lin Biao (Lin Piao) (1906-1971)
Lin Zexu (Lin Tse-hsu) (1785-1850)
Liu Bei (161-223)
Liu Bocheng (Liu Po-ch'eng, 1892-1986)
Liu Shaoqi (Liu Shao-ch'i) (1898-1969)
Long March (1934-1935)
Lord Shang (or Shang Yang) (390-338 BC)
Luo Ronghuan (Lo Jung-huan, 1902-1963)
Luo Ruiqing (Luo Rui-ch'ing) (1906-1978)
Lushan Conference (1959)
Manchuria
Manchus
Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) (1893-1976)
Mao Zedong, Revolutionary War of (1927-1949)
Marco Polo Bridge Incident (July 1937)
Marshall Mission to China (1945-1947)
Martial Arts
McMahon Line
Miles, Milton E. (1900-1960)
Military Ranks, People's Liberation Army
Militia
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Mongols
Mongols, Cavalry of (1200-1400)
Movement to Resist America and Aid Vietnam (1964-1973)
Muye, Battle of (1027 BC)
Nanchang Uprising (August 1, 1927)
Nanjing, Rape of (December 13, 1937-January 22, 1938)
Nanjing, Treaty of (August 1842)
Nanniwan Experiment (1942-1945)
National Defense White Paper (1998)
National Party Congress (CCP)
National People's Congress (NPC)
National Revolutionary Army (1925-1928)
Nationalist Army
Nerchinsk and Kiakhta, Treaties of (1689 and 1727)
New Army (1894-1912)
New Fourth Army (1937-1945)
New Fourth Army Incident (January 1941)
Nian Rebellion (1851-1868)
Nie Rongzhen (Nieh Jung-ch'en) (1899-1992)
North China Field Army (1947-1948)
Northern and Southern Dynasties (420-581)
Northern Expedition (1926-1928)
Nuclear Program
Open Door Policy
Opium War, First (1839-1842)
Peng Dehuai (P'eng Te-huai) (1898-1974)
People's Liberation Army
People's War
People's War under Modern Conditions (1985-1995)
Pingxingguan, Battle of (September 1937)
Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-shen) (1911-2009)
Qianlong (Ch'ien-lung), Emperor (1711-1799)
Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC)
Qin Shi Huangdi, Emperor (259-210 BC)
Qing Dynasty (1644-1912)
Rebellion Led by Chen Sheng (209-208 BC)
Red Army (1928-1937)
Red Army College (1933-1936)
Red Army Recruitment (1927-1934)
Red Guards (1966-1968)
Russia, Relations with China
Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
Second Artillery Corps (Strategic Rocket Force)
Second Field Army (1948-1950)
Self-Strengthening Movement (1861-1911)
Shang Dynasty (1766-1027 BC)
Shanghai Communiqué (1972)
Shimonoseki, Treaty of (1895)
Silk Road
Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO)
Sino-French War (August 1884-April 1885)
Sino-Indian Border War (1962)
Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)
Sino-Soviet Conflict (1969-1971)
Sino-Soviet Split (1956-1966)
Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance (February 1950)
Sino-Vietnamese Border War (1979)
Small Sword Society (1853-1855)
Song Dynasty (960-1279)
Song, Fortified Cities (1127-1279)
Song-Mongol War (1234-1279)
Soviet Union (1922-1991)
Spratly and Paracel Islands
Stilwell, Joseph Warren (1883-1946)
Su Yu (1907-1984)
Su Zhenhua (1912-1979)
Sui Dynasty (581-618)
Sui Yangdi (569-618), Emperor
Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925)
Sun Zi (Sun-tzu, 535-496 BC)
Taierzhuang (T'ai-erh-chuang), Battle of (March-April 1938)
Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864)
Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1958
Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1995-1996
Tang Dynasty (618-907)
Tang Gaozong, Emperor (628-683)
Terra-Cotta Army
Third Field Army (1948-1954)
Three Kingdoms (220-280)
Tiananmen Square Events (April-June 1989)
Tianjin (Tientsin), Treaty of (June 9, 1885)
Tibet (Xizang)
Tributary System
U.S.-PRC Normalization of Relations (1972-1979)
Unequal Treaties
United Front
Wang Dongxing (1916-)
Wang Jingwei (Wang Ching-wei) (1883-1944)
Wangxia, Treaty of (1844)
Ward, Frederick Townsend (1831-1862)
Warlord Period (1916-1927)
Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
Western Han (206 BC-23 AD)
Western Views of Chinese Warfare
Whampoa Military Academy (1924-1928)
White Lotus Rebellion (1796-1804)
White Terrors (1927 and 1947)
Xia Dynasty (Hsia) (2205-1766 BC)
Xi'an (Sian) Incident (December 12, 1936)
Xiang Army
Xiao Jinguang (Hsiao Ch'in-kuang) (1903-1989)
Xiongnu
Xisha Islands Defensive Campaign (1974)
Xu Xiangqian (Hsu Hsung-ch'ien) (1901-1990)
Xuzhou, Battle of (January-May 1938)
Yan'an (Yenan)
Yancheng, Battle of (1139)
Yang Shangkun (Yang Shang-kun) (1907-1998)
Ye Jianying (Yeh Chien-ying) (1897-1986)
Ye Ting (Yeh T'ing) (1896-1946)
Yijiangshan, Battle of (January 1955)
Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368)
Yuan Shikai (Yuan Shih-k'ai) (1859-1916)
Yue Fei (1103-1142)
Zeng Guofan (Tseng Kuo-fan) (1811-1872)
Zhang Guotao (Ch'ang Kuo-tao, 1897-1979)
Zhang Wannian (1928-)
Zhang Xueliang (Chang Hsueh-liang) (1901-2001)
Zhou Dynasty (1027-221 BC)
Zhou Enlai (1898-1976)
Zhu De (Chu Teh) (1886-1976)
Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor (Chu Yuan-chang) (1328-1398)
Zunyi Conference (1935)
Zuo Zongtang (Tso Tsung-tang) (1812-1885)
Appendix: Chinese Dynasties and Governments
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Selected Bibliography
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