The story of reformer Yuan Shih-k'ai, who was later seen as the "betrayer of the republic" and the "father of warlordism."

Statesman or warlord? Yuan Shikai (1859–1916) has been both hailed as China’s George Washington for his role in the country’s transition from empire to re

This book attempts to explain this aspect of Yüan Shih-k'ai's political power by analysing the relationship between him and Sir John Newell Jordan, British min