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Title: Ancient Chinese Armies 1500-200 BC (Men-At-Arms Series, 218) by C.J. Peers ISBN: 0-85045-942-7 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 2
Summary: Bizarre reconstructions
Comment: The text by Chris Peers is OK. The bland artwork by McBride is pretty bizarre. The white tentlike hats reconstructed from pictorial representations of the Han period are wrong. They serve no practical function and only add to a woeful catalog of misinterpretations of Oriental representations by Occidental artists.

Rating: 3
Summary: A useful book
Comment: The Men-at-arms Series covers ancient and classical China in five books, all by Chris Peers who is very familiar with the subject. This is the first book of this series. The chapters: Chronology -- The Shang dynasty -- The Western Chou -- The Eastern Chou -- The 4th and 3rd centuries -- The Ch'in empire -- Tactical and strategic doctrine -- Ten decisive battles. The text is clearly written and informative, the drawings by Angus McBride are good, only the maps are a bit primitive and not very useful. The follow-up to this book is "Imperial Chinese Armies 200BC - 589AD" (MAA 284).

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