In Search of Political Unity: The Guomindang (Nationalists)

    
I. Introduction
         A. Yuan Shikai's Legacy
         B. Sun & the Comintern

II. Jiang Jieshi (1887-1975)
         A. Early life
                 1. Merchant family
                 2. Youth
                           - Miiltary schools
                           - Post-1911 drifter
                           - c. 1922 Jiang & Sun Zhongshan
                                    + August-December 1923 - Soviet Union Delegation
                                    + Promoted to commandant of Huangpu Academy
                 3. Marriages & Relationships
                           - 1st Wife = Mao Fumei
                                    + Jiang Jingguo
                           - 1st Mistress = Yao Zhicheng
                                    + Jiang Weiguo (1916-1997)
                                    (adopted - Dai Jitao's son with Japanese mistress)
                           - 2nd Mistress = Chen Jieru
                           - 2nd Wife = Song Meiling

         B. Song Qingling
                 1. Song (Soong) Family
                           - Song Jiashu [aka Charlie Jones Soong](宋嘉樹) & Ni Guizhen (倪桂珍)
                                   SONG SISTERS           
                           - Song Ailing (宋蔼龄) married Kong Xiangxi [aka H.H. Kung] (孔祥熙)
                           - Song Qingling (宋蔼龄) married Sun Zhongshan
                           - Song Meiling (宋美龄) married Jiang Jieshi [aka Chiang Kai-shek ](蒋介石)
                                   SONG BROTHERS
                           - Song Ziwen [aka T.V. Soong] (宋子文)
                           - Song Ziliang [aka T.L. Soong] (宋子良)
                           - Song Zilan [aka T.A. Soong] (宋子安)

II. Northern Expedition
         A.  Huangpu (Whampoa) Academy
         B. Military Campaign
                 1. Power struggle
                           - Hu Hanmin
                           - Wang Jingwei
                           - Jiang Jieshi
                  2. Three Pronged Attack
                           - Anti-Warlord: Wu Peifu, Sun Chuanfang, Zhang Zuolin
                  3. Communist Support
                  4. Jiang's Change of Plans

        B.  Shanghai Massacre (April 12, 1926)
                  1. Second Northern Expedition
                  2. Jiangxi Soviet

III. Jiang's New KMT
         A. Guomindang under Jiang
         B. Marriage: Soong Meiling

IV.  The Nanjing Decade [map]
                   1. New Political Era
                   2. International Prestige
                   3. Intellectual transformation:  New Life Movement
                            - Blueshirts
                   4. Internal dissent