Xinhai Storm (Volume 1)

Author: Hu Shengwu
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Publish Date: 2001-05-01
Features: This book is part of the 10-volume set "Complete History of China in the 20th Century," covering the period from 1900 to 1919. It narrates how Chinese bourgeois revolutionaries, facing national crisis, launched uprisings to overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic. However, due to the incomplete nature of the bourgeois revolution and blind reliance on warlords, the revolution ultimately failed, and power fell into the hands of a few major warlords, plunging China into chaos once again. The book is well-researched, with strong historical value and readability, offering significant insights into the ups and downs, successes and failures of China in the 20th century.