Ancient Chinese Armies 1500-200 BC

By C.J. Peers, Angus MacBride, CJ Peers

By the 15th century BC the valley of Hwang Ho was dominated by a palace-based military caste which owed its supremacy to a monopoly of bronze-working techniques among a still mainly Stone Age popul...

Warrior Peoples Of East Africa 1840–1900

By Chris Peers, C.J. Peers, CJ Peers, Chris (C.J.) Peers, Raffaele Ruggeri(Illustrations)

Less well known than the Zulu of South Africa, the warriors of East Africa had just as fearsome a reputation. This fascinating study, illustrated with rare early drawings and meticulous colour plat...

Soldiers Of The Dragon

By Chris Peers, C.J. Peers, CJ Peers

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 W...

Imperial Chinese Armies (1)

By C. J. Peers, CJ Peers

After AD 304 the five 'barbarian' tribes divided north China among themselves, setting up dynasties which were often Chinese only in name, and feuding constantly both with each other and with the n...

Imperial Chinese Armies (2)

By Chris Peers, C.J. Peers, CJ Peers

By AD 589, when Yang Chien established himself at the head of a newly reformed Chinese empire, nearly four centuries had elapsed since the fall of the last great imperial dynasty: the Han. Although...

Late Imperial Chinese Armies 1520–1840

By Chris Peers, C.J. Peers, CJ Peers

Medieval Chinese Armies 1260–1520

By C.J. Peers, David Sque, CJ Peers, Christopher J Peers

In 1271, Kubilai, ruler of the Mongol Empire, proclaimed himself the first Emperor of the Yüan dynasty. Within a few years he was to gain control of the rest of China, in effect giving China unity...

Warrior Peoples Of East Africa 1840–1900

By Raffaele Ruggeri, Chris Peers, C. J. Peers, CJ Peers, Chris (C.J.) Peers, Raffaele Ruggeri(Illustrations)

Less well known than the Zulu of South Africa, the warriors of East Africa had just as fearsome a reputation. This fascinating study, illustrated with rare early drawings and meticulous colour plat...

Warrior Peoples Of East Africa 1840–1900

By Raffaele Ruggeri, C. J. Peers, CJ Peers, Chris (C.J.) Peers, Raffaele Ruggeri(Illustrations)

Less well known than the Zulu of South Africa, the warriors of East Africa had just as fearsome a reputation. This fascinating study, illustrated with rare early drawings and meticulous colour plat...