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Northern Expedition: China's National Revolution of 1926-28
341 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 1986
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June 18, 2020
A seminal work that details the history of the First United Front between the Chinese Nationalists (KMT) and the Chinese Communists (CCP). The KMT and the CCP put aside their different political goals and temporarily came together for a military campaign of national unification. Donald Jordan explains just why this alliance was doomed and that mistrust plagued it from the very beginning. I gained a better appreciation for the military strategy of Chiang Kai-shek and his general officers. They carefully picked-off warlords one-by-one and were able to capture the key population centers of China within a 2-year campaign. The influence of Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Leninism, Confucianism, and Western military strategy all came together to form a successful Chinese theory of modern warfare. A must-read for Chinese military scholars.
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