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; he has since written numerous other Osprey books.Gerry Embleton has been a leading illustrator and researcher of historical costume since the 1970s, and has illustrated and written Osprey books on a wide range of subjects for more than 20 years. He is an internationally respected authority on 15th and 18th century costumes in particular.

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• IntroductionChronologyThe Chinese Imperial Army of the Qing Dynasty from c.1840 – the First Opium War against Britain (1839-42), and Second Opium WarArrow War (1856–60) against Britain and FranceMuslim and provincial rebellions and clan wars, 1840–1911The Franco-Chinese War in Vietnam and Formosa (1884–86) – the Black Flag armyThe First Sino-Japanese War (1894–95)The modernized Imperial Army, 1895–1911 – the Boxer Rebellion and international interventions (1900)The armies of the 1911 RevolutionWeaponryUniformsPlate Commentaries

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; he has since written numerous other Osprey books.Gerry Embleton has been a leading illustrator and researcher of historical costume since the 1970s, and has illustrated and written Osprey books on a wide range of subjects for more than 20 years. He is an internationally respected authority on 15th and 18th century costumes in particular.

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• IntroductionChronologyThe Chinese Imperial Army of the Qing Dynasty from c.1840 – the First Opium War against Britain (1839-42), and Second Opium WarArrow War (1856–60) against Britain and FranceMuslim and provincial rebellions and clan wars, 1840–1911The Franco-Chinese War in Vietnam and Formosa (1884–86) – the Black Flag armyThe First Sino-Japanese War (1894–95)The modernized Imperial Army, 1895–1911 – the Boxer Rebellion and international interventions (1900)The armies of the 1911 RevolutionWeaponryUniformsPlate Commentaries