The 'Ever-Victorious Army'

The 'Ever-Victorious Army'
Author: Andrew Wilson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2010-12-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1108024076

This 1868 work recounts an early success of the future Gordon of Khartoum, in China in 1863-1864.

The Story of General Gordon

The Story of General Gordon
Author: Jean Lang
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2023-07-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3849663779

Major General Charles George Gordon, also known as 'Chinese Gordon' or 'Gordon Pasha', was a British Army officer and administrator. He saw action in the Crimean War and made his military reputation in China, where he was placed in command of the "Ever Victorious Army", a force of Chinese soldiers led by European officers which was instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion, regularly defeating much larger forces. This little illustrated book tell his story in a language comprehendible for children and youths.

Armies of the Nineteenth Century: China

Armies of the Nineteenth Century: China
Author: Ian Heath
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Armies
ISBN: 9781901543025

Ian Heath has assembled 183 line drawings and 39 photographs to illustrate the huge array of costumes and uniforms worn during this period. Coverage includes the Taipeng and Boxer rebellions, Formosa, the Mongols and Gordon's Ever Victorious Army. Ian Heath's accompanying text is one of the most coherent accounts available of Chinese history during this turbulent period. Includes extensive bibliography. All the volumes in this series have a high quality traditional gold-embossed cloth cover and no dust jacket.

Fighting to the End

Fighting to the End
Author: C. Christine Fair
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2014
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0199892709

The Pakistan Army is poised for perpetual conflict with India which it cannot win militarily or politically. What explains Pakistan's persistent revisionism despite increasing costs and decreasing likelihood of success? This book argues that an understanding of the army's strategic culture explains its willingness to fight to the end