Chan Anthony B. Arming the Chinese: The Western Armaments Trade in Warlord China, 1920-1928

University of British Columbia Press, 1982. — 196 p.First published in 1982, this book remains the classic account of the arms trade in warlord China. Arming the Chinese tells the story of the Western and Japanese merchants and governments who provided weapons to warlords for their expanding armies. Although the warlords were hearty individualists who retained control over domestic affairs and rarely relied on.