ID: 901001529 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001529	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Chinese Civil War (Chinese history, 1927-1949)

Note: Extended civil and ideological war fought between forces loyal to the Communist Party of China, and nationalist forces loyal to the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-Shek, and the Kuomintang. It culminated with the creation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, though fighting continued afterward.

Display Date: 1927-1949

Names:

	Chinese Civil War (Chinese history, 1927-1949) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	War of Liberation (Chinese history, 1927-1949) (English,U,P)
	Third Internal Revolutionary War (Chinese history, 1927-1949) (English,U,P)
	Chinese People's Liberation War (Chinese history, 1927-1949) (English,U,P)
	Nationalist-Communist Civil War (Chinese history, 1927-1949) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<Asian history> (P)
		........Chinese history (P)
		............Chinese Civil War (Chinese history, 1927-1949) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... civil war
	.....(wars, armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	actor is .... China
	.....(Asia) (TGN)

Sources:

	Chinese Civil War (Chinese history, 1927-1949)
	................Westad, Decisive Encounters (2003)
	War of Liberation (Chinese history, 1927-1949)
	................Wortzel and Higham, Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese Military History (1999) 65
	Third Internal Revolutionary War (Chinese history, 1927-1949)
	................Wang, Brief History of the Chinese Communist Party (1961) v
	Chinese People's Liberation War (Chinese history, 1927-1949)
	................Westad, Decisive Encounters (2003) 395
	Nationalist-Communist Civil War (Chinese history, 1927-1949)
	................Xu, China: A New Cultural History (2012) 504

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Xu, China: A New Cultural History (2012)