Taking a chronological approach, Swope (Ball State U.) brings together 17 essays previously published in journals on the military history of China since 1600, tracing it from the Ming to Qing dynasties, through the period of imperial decline after 1800, warlord era and nationalist decade from 1911, the resistance against Japan and civil war, to after 1949. Essays are from 1988 to 2004 and cover mobilization, naval warfare, the Sino-Japanese War, the military and the Republic, Wuhan, the Communist Revolution, guerrilla warfare, and the Vietnam War. Annotation #169;2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.