本书评述军阀混战的背景，过程及结局。全书分为五章：第一章南北分裂；第二章北方内战；第三章南方阋墙；第四章南北开战；第五章日本得利。(This Book evaluates background, process and ending of confused fighting between the warlords. The whole book is divided into five chapters: chapter I, the separation between the north and the south; chapter II, civil war of the north; chapter III, internal quarrel of the south; chapter IV, war between the north and the south; chapter V, profit gain by Japan.)