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Imperial Chinese Armies 1840–1911
By Philip Jowett and Gerry Embleton
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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.
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Philip Jowett
Philip Jowett was born in Leeds in 1961 and has been interested in military history for as long as he can remember. His first Osprey book was the ground-breaking Men-at-Arms 306, Chinese Civil War Armies 1911–49, and since then he has published numerous other titles for Osprey including MAA 414, The Russo-Japanese War 1904–05, MAA 532, Japan's Asian Allies 1941–45 and NVG 19, Armour in China 1920–1950. He lives in North Lincolnshire, UK.
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