西方学者就近代中国的军阀提出新看法.以往加拿大约克大学陈志让认为,军阀的含义包括军人领导绅士控制政权,不保卫国家主权完整,自筹军饷,拥有防区或行政区等几层意思.美国北卡罗内纳大学齐锡生与军阀定义:大凡政治权力建立在武力之上,使用这种权力的人.他们认为军阀这个概念, Western scholars put forward new ideas on modern China’s warlords.Chen York University in Canada in the past that the meaning of the warlords include the gentleman-led gentleman to control the regime, not to defend the integrity of national sovereignty, self-raising pay, have several layers of defense or administrative region meaning.North Carolina Rennes, University of Rennes Qi Xisheng and the definition of warlord: Almost all political power is founded on the use of such power, they think the concept of warlord,