Chinese Warlordism

Ch'i, Hsi-sheng. Warlord Politics in China, 1916–1928. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1976. A classic, offering a comprehensive analysis of warlord politics.

Lary, Diana. Warlord Soldiers: Chinese Common Soldiers, 1911–1937. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1985. An extraordinary study of common soldiers in warlord troops.

McCord, Edward A. The Power of the Gun: The Emergence of Modern Chinese Warlordism. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1993. An in-depth study of the origins of warlords in two provinces of Hunan and Hubei.

Wou, Odoric Y. K. Militarism in Modern China: The Career of Wu P'ei-fu, 1916–1939. Folkestone, U.K.: Dawson, 1978. An example of many studies on individual warlords.