Book Reviews : Gavan McCormack, Chang Tso-lin in Northeast China, 1911-1928 China, Japan, and the Manchurian Idea. Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1977, vi, 334, pp. 21-22, 219 Maps, 135-38 Photographs, 261 Glossary, 269 Notes, 311 Bibliography, 325 Index. $ 16.50
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286 Book ReviewsGavan McCormack, Chang Tso-lin in Northeast China, 1911-1928 China, Japan, and the Manchurian Idea. Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1977, vi, 334, pp. 21-22, 219 Maps, 135-38 Photographs, 261 Glossary, 269 Notes, 311 Bibliography, 325 Index. $ 16.50 SAGE Publications, Inc.1981DOI: 10.1177/002190968101600313 Harry J. Lamley University of Hawaii Honolulu, U.S.A. Serious research on Chinese warlordism has led to the recent publication of several outstanding works on militarism and politics in Republican China. This book by Gavan McCormack, Lecturer in History at Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia, is a welcome addition. It concentrates on one of China's most powerful warlords-Chang Tso-lin-and his Fengtien (Mukden) clique. Moreover, it sheds light on the Chinese warlord phenomenon from the perspective of the Three Eastern Provinces (Fengtien, Kirin, and Heilungkiang), or Manchuria, in the Northeast. The author describes the operations of Chang and his clique in this richly endowed region about the size of France and Germany combined, and how from this base north of the Great Wall Chang became involved in Peking politics and eventually influenced militarist strategy in both North and South China. This book is also significant in that it provides a case study of the relationship between Chinese warlordism