Apocalypse of the Military and Political Affairs of the Late Qing Dynasty (part 2): the Decisive Battle for the Fate of the Empire
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The "Military and Political Apocalypse of the Late Qing Dynasty" series provides readers with more possibilities to show the personal hardship and pain in the "era background where everything is possible" in the late Qing Dynasty, as well as the choices of the country and the nation in the transformation of the world. It not only focuses on exploring the truth of historical events, but also pays attention to the fate of characters in the context of the times. This is the second part of this book. It takes a series of battles between the Hunan Army and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom army as the main line, and tells the whole process of the rise and fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the rise and disintegration of the Hunan Army, the Second Crow War and other historical events. Through a large number of first-hand historical materials and different perspectives from the East and the West, these events and related historical figures are placed in the real historical context and interpreted back to the basics of human nature - such as Hong Xiuquan's road to becoming a god, Zeng Guofan's psychological construction after repeated defeats and battles. It includes the psychological descriptions of the participants in the Xinyou coup, Prince Gong's mental journey to break through the power encirclement, the vertical and horizontal maneuvering and offensive and defensive games between the Qing court, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Western powers, the unusual loyalty of Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, the narrative logic of the burning of the Old Summer Palace, etc. In particular, this book provides a vivid description of the battles between the Hunan Army and the Taiping Army. It provides an in-depth comparative explanation and success-failure analysis of the Hunan Army and the Taiping Army from various aspects such as their organizational mechanisms, strategies, talent development, and general personalities.
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