To Change China: Western Advisers in China, 1620-1960Biografiske skildringer af 16 vestlige rådgivere i Kina |
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... Burgevine - the independent adventurer – a British officer for whose loyalty he could hold British officials responsible . Arbitrarily , he ordered Burgevine to take his army away from its base of power at Sungkiang and help with the ...
... Burgevine - the independent adventurer – a British officer for whose loyalty he could hold British officials responsible . Arbitrarily , he ordered Burgevine to take his army away from its base of power at Sungkiang and help with the ...
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... Burgevine provided him the pretext for reassuming com- mand . After his dismissal , Burgevine had gone to Peking and , with the backing of the American minister , had managed to get himself reappointed by the authorities there to ...
... Burgevine provided him the pretext for reassuming com- mand . After his dismissal , Burgevine had gone to Peking and , with the backing of the American minister , had managed to get himself reappointed by the authorities there to ...
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... Burgevine , now in Soochow , found he had as little hope of gaining influence under the Taipings as he had under the Ch'ing . The Taipings , on their part , found that Burgevine did not live up to his promises either in providing them ...
... Burgevine , now in Soochow , found he had as little hope of gaining influence under the Taipings as he had under the Ch'ing . The Taipings , on their part , found that Burgevine did not live up to his promises either in providing them ...
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To God Through the Stars | 3 |
Bodies or Souls | 34 |
Glorious Days of Looting | 57 |
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