Mercenaries and Mandarins: The Ever-Victorious Army in Nineteenth Century China

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• Mercenaries and Mandarins *
• Mercenaries and Mandarins - The Ever-Victorious Army in Nineteenth Century China *
• Contents *
• Foreword *
• Preface *
• Introduction *
• A Note on Exchange Rates *
• Mercenaries and Mandarins *
• Chapter 1 - The Setting: Rebellion at the Crossroads *
• Chapter 2 - The Shanghai Foreign-Arms Corps *
• Chapter 3 - The Politics of Intervention (a) *
• Chapter 4 - The Politics of Intervention (b) *
• Chapter 5 - The Structure of the Ever-Victorious Army *
• Chapter 6 - The Ever-Victorious Army in Transition *
• Chapter 7 - The Ever-Victorious Army under Gordon *
• Chapter 8 - Chinese Gordon: the Foreigner in LI Hung-Chang's Service *

• Mercenaries and Mandarins *
• Mercenaries and Mandarins - The Ever-Victorious Army in Nineteenth Century China *
• Contents *
• Foreword *
• Preface *
• Introduction *
• A Note on Exchange Rates *
• Mercenaries and Mandarins *
• Chapter 1 - The Setting: Rebellion at the Crossroads *
• Chapter 2 - The Shanghai Foreign-Arms Corps *
• Chapter 3 - The Politics of Intervention (a) *
• Chapter 4 - The Politics of Intervention (b) *
• Chapter 5 - The Structure of the Ever-Victorious Army *
• Chapter 6 - The Ever-Victorious Army in Transition *
• Chapter 7 - The Ever-Victorious Army under Gordon *
• Chapter 8 - Chinese Gordon: the Foreigner in LI Hung-Chang's Service *
• Chapter 9 - The Ever-Victorious Army in Perspective *
• Notes *
• Bibliography *
• Glossary for Chinese and Japanese Sources *
• Glossary *
• Index *