The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China : A History (Paperback)

from Shrike58

A quick survey of the terminal climax of the Qing Dynasty, as the imperial government of China attempted to direct social revolution against the modern empires seeking to dominate the old Confucian state. The main virtue of this study is that it concentrates on putting the objectives of the assor...

from mgreenla

Short introduction to the multi-national military response to the Boxer Rebellion in China. Mostly focused on the north and the battles to get to Beijing. Mostly from the view of the eight-nation alliance. Some slight coverage of the Qing government. In retrospect it is amazing that the alliance ...

from jcbrunner

This account of the Boxer revolution reads a bit like the sequel to the Flashman adventure tale about the Taiping Rebellion. Plucky European and American agents and soldiers put down a crazy Chinese uprising with panache and style. The dying was mostly done by the Japanese understudy who acquired...

from Waltersgn

History of the Boxer Rebellion and the interaction of the European colonial powers, Japan, Russia, and the U. S. in suppressing the conflict. Author brings out the efforts of the above powers to obtain their piece of China.

from michael.confoy.tamu

This is a military history of the Boxer Rebellion in China and how the close the Boxers initially came to winning against the foreign forces in China in 1900. Their mission was to exterminate all foreigners in China and though their cause ended quickly, they inspired Chinese nationalism for years...