Partners in revolution : Soviet military policy and advisers in China -- The ascendance of Whampoa and Chang Kai-shek -- Launching the northern expedition : reasons and results -- The Soviet master plan fails ; The Kuomintang-Communist split -- The consolidation of Chiang Kai-shek's power -- A critical summary of the period 1924-1928 -- The beginnings of German influence : reorganization -- Toward militarization with Chiang Kai-shek -- The molding of "basic" military power -- German military and industrial influence : von Seeckt and von Falkenhausen -- 1937, the time for war -- The state in arms : wartime organization -- The people in arms : manpower mobilization -- The mobilization of industry -- German and Soviet factors -- Vinegar and honey : the Stilwell and Wedemeyer missions in China -- The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- From victory to defeat -- The communist triumph on the mainland -- Portal to the furure.