Armies Of The Nineteenth Century China
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Armies Of The Nineteenth Century China
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Author : Ian Heath
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Armies Of The Nineteenth Century China written by Ian Heath and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Armies categories.
Ian Heath has assembled 183 line drawings and 39 photographs to illustrate the huge array of costumes and uniforms worn during this period. Coverage includes the Taipeng and Boxer rebellions, Formosa, the Mongols and Gordon's Ever Victorious Army. Ian Heath's accompanying text is one of the most coherent accounts available of Chinese history during this turbulent period. Includes extensive bibliography. All the volumes in this series have a high quality traditional gold-embossed cloth cover and no dust jacket.
Burma And Indo China
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Author : Ian Heath
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Burma And Indo China written by Ian Heath and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Armies Of The Nineteenth Century Japan And Korea
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Author : Ian Heath
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Armies Of The Nineteenth Century Japan And Korea written by Ian Heath and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Armies categories.
This volume provides a detailed study of the astonishing reinvention of the Empire of Japan during the 19th century as it emerged from 200 years of self-imposed isolation to become a military superpower. As late as the 1850s the country remained technologically and militarily stagnant, but within just 40 years - in what must rank as the most rapid and comprehensive cultural transformation in world history - it had managed not only to absorb and successfully imitate several hundred years of Western technological progress, but had become one of the late Victorian world's top ten military powers. During the same timeframe it also embraced the concept of colonialism, and with its invasion of China in 1894 and virtual occupation of Korea soon after took its first fateful steps along a road that would lead, with horrible inevitability, to head-on collision with the Allies in World War Two. The evolution of its army, arms, uniforms and tactics during the 19th century are all covered, from samurai armor to Western uniforms, and from Katana to Krupps. Korea, by contrast, participated only reluctantly in military modernization, and adopted a limited program of reform only under foreign pressure - especially Japanese, but also American, Russian and Chinese - in the closing decades of the century. Such reforms as the country attempted nevertheless proved too little and too late, and were insufficient to prevent Korea becoming first a puppet state and then a colony of its maritime neighbor. The final part of the book comprises a detailed index for the five volumes of the series published thus far.
Mercenaries And Mandarins
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Author : Richard Joseph Smith
language : en
Publisher: Kto Press
Release Date : 1978
Mercenaries And Mandarins written by Richard Joseph Smith and has been published by Kto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with History categories.
Li Hung Chang And The Huai Army
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Author : Stanley Spector
language : en
Publisher: Seattle, U. of Washington P
Release Date : 1964
Li Hung Chang And The Huai Army written by Stanley Spector and has been published by Seattle, U. of Washington P this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with China categories.
Armies Of The Nineteenth Century India S North East Frontier
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Author : Ian Heath
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Armies Of The Nineteenth Century India S North East Frontier written by Ian Heath and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Armies categories.
The "northeast frontier" of British India comprised what is now northwestern Burma, Assam and northeastern India. This relatively small area was made up of hills and almost impenetrable jungle and contained a remarkable number of warring tribes. Ian Heath has assembled 125 drawings, 52 other illustrations and 9 maps to chronicle this colorful but little-known part of the colonial world. This quality European hardcover has a gold-embossed cloth cover rather than an American style dust jacket.
Imperial Chinese Armies 1840 1911
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Author : Philip Jowett
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-04-21
Imperial Chinese Armies 1840 1911 written by Philip Jowett and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-21 with History categories.
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 China's military forces during one of her most turbulent periods of history.
Armies Of The Nineteenth Century Central Asia And The Himalayan Kingdoms
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Author : Ian Heath
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Armies Of The Nineteenth Century Central Asia And The Himalayan Kingdoms written by Ian Heath and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Armies categories.
The collapse of the Soviet Union and the coming to power of anti-Western regimes in Iran and Iraq have brought the territories covered in this book back to prominence after decades of relative quiet. During the nineteenth century these territories which are now part of or border on Russia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and China were the main theater of the Great Game, in which British and Russian agents competed for influence over the native princes.
Li Hung Chang And The Huai Army
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Author : Stanley Spector
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
Li Hung Chang And The Huai Army written by Stanley Spector and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with categories.
Soldiers Of The Dragon
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Author : CJ Peers
language : en
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Release Date : 2006-06-27
Soldiers Of The Dragon written by CJ Peers and has been published by Osprey Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-27 with History categories.
The turbulent history of China has seen many dynastic struggles over the centuries, ever since the semi-nomadic tribes of ancient China were unified under the first emperor, Cheng. From the Great Wall to the terracotta army at Xian, monuments to China's many wars, and the men who fought them, litter the landscape. This book tells the incredible story of China's armies form the first documented civilization over 3,000 years ago to the outbreak of the first Opium War with Britain in the middle of the 19th century. Written by an acknowledged expert on Chinese armies, this volume offers details of their colourful uniforms and fascinating weaponry with colour and black and white photographs, artwork, maps and diagrams.