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Bradley K. Geisert. Radicalism and Its Demise: The Chinese Nationalist Party, Factionalism, and Local Elites in Jiangsu Province, 1924–1931. (Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies, number 90.) Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan. 2001. Pp. ix, 357. $50.00.

Bradley K. Geisert's book aims to shed light on the relationship between the Guomindang (GMD, or Chinese Nationalist Party) regime and local elites in Jiangsu Province through an analysis of factionalism within the GMD during 1924–1931. This book treats the party as an entity separate from the government, on the premise that the GMD regime was composed of several constituent parts: most importantly the party, the government, and the military. That the GMD regime was plagued by factionalism is well known. Geisert's contribution lies in his richly textured analysis of GMD factions and their dealings with local elites at the provincial, county, and township levels. 1

In Geisert's account, factions existed within the GMD in Jiangsu between 1924, when the party was reorganized with Russian assistance, and 1927, when the Nationalist government under Chiang Kai-shek was established. The factions (the Left and the Right) were primarily defined by their different attitudes toward the policy of alliance with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that Sun Yat-sen adopted. After the 1927 anti-Communist purge, GMD factions in Jiangsu exhibited more complex patterns. At the national level, the Organization Clique (CC Clique) developed its control over Jiangsu. At the provincial level, people who had connections with the Organization Clique branched into four cliques for local reasons, while facing two opposing cliques: the Reorganization Clique and the Anti-CC Clique. . . .

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