Pye Lucian. Warlord Politics: Conflict and Coalition in the Modernization of Republican China

Praeger Publishers, 1972. — 224 p.The Place of Warlords in Chinese Politics.
The Sequence of Power Struggles.
The Warlord Organizations.
The Making and Breaking of Alliances.
The Warlords' Balance of Power.
Public Relations and Propaganda.
The Warlords and Cabinet Government.
Intellectuals and Businessmen.
Concluding Remarks.
Notes.