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Imperial Chinese Armies, 1840-1911

By Philip Jowett

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2016
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
41 MB (42890316 bytes)
Series
Osprey Men-at-Arms 505
Pages
52\52
Time added
2017-10-16 09:30:54

Description

An in-depth analysis of the Chinese Armies that fought a series of increasingly fractious wars over nearly a century. Beginning with a run through of the Chinese forces that combated the British and French during the two Opium Wars, this history goes on to trace the forces who were drawn into internal wars and rebellions in the 1850s and 60s, the open warfare in North Vietnam, the string of defeats suffered during the First Sino-Japanese war and the Boxer Rebellion. Providing an unparalleled insight into the dizzying array of troop types and unique uniforms, this is a history of the sometimes-painful modernization of Chinas military forces during one of her most turbulent periods of history.

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