In short, warlordism did not end but took on a different appearance.

The real problem for the government was corruption and warlordism within the national army.

The 1920s was an ongoing period of instability and warlordism.

A state which has collapsed into warlordism is in continuous civil war.

China is a demographic disaster ripe for a return to warlordism.

On his return to China, he found the country rapidly dissolving into warlordism.

But he left the post as the country slipped into anarchy and warlordism.

Afghanistan needs a central authority and an end to the warlordism that has terrorized its people.

"Is Indonesia now in for a spell of warlordism ?"

We still see the evils of warlordism, ethnic division and a flourishing drug trade.

One effect, to be felt for decades to come, was the establishment of the New Army, which, in turn, gave rise to warlordism.

This led to the era of high warlordism.

After Yuan's death in 1916, China descended into a period of warlordism.

Moreover, a political collapse could spiral into the warlordism that plagued China before the 1949 revolution.

For years, warlordism has ruled over Sierra Leone, a state in name alone.

A new generation of alliance leaders who promised an end to warlordism kept their word and held their soldiers in check.

We are telling Afghans that we believe in warlordism.

By the 190s, the Han Dynasty had fractured into warlordism.

He was disappointed in the nature of the state in China at the time, notably the rampant warlordism.

Devoid of a strong, unified government, China was thrust into another period of warlordism.

But behind the civilian veneer of Thai life, the country has long history of violence and warlordism.

Many Afghans worry the country could fall back into the anarchy of the early 1990's, when warlordism reigned.

It has allowed the country to slide back into warlordism - and allowed the Taliban to make a comeback.

What we are witnessing is the eclipse of warlordism and the catastrophic birth of a modern society.

Following the failure of China's first democratic system to achieve a stable government, the country descended into more than a decade of warlordism.