{"product_id":"the-boxer-rebellion-and-the-great-game-in-china","title":"The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1900  and Western empiresboth old and neware locked in regional entanglements across the globe. The British are losing a bitter war against the Boers while the German kaiser is busy building a vast new navy. The United States is struggling to put down an insurgency in the South Pacific while the upstart imperialist Japan begins to make clear to neighboring Russia its territorial ambition. In China  a perennial pawn in the Great Game  a mysterious group of superstitious peasants is launching attacks on the Western powers they fear are corrupting their country. These ordinary Chinesecalled Boxers by the West because of their martial arts showmanshiprise up  seemingly out of nowhere. Foreshadowing the insurgencies of the more recent past  they lack a centralized leadership and instead tap into latent nationalism and deep economic frustration to build their army. Their battle cry: \"Support the Qing  exterminate the foreigners.\" Many scholars brush off the Boxers as an ill-conceived and easily defeated revolt  but the military historian David J. Silbey shows just how close they came to beating back the combined might of all the imperial powers. Drawing on the diaries and letters of allied soldiers and diplomats  Silbey paints a vivid portrait of the short-lived war. Even though their cause ended just as quickly as it began  the bravery and patriotism of the Boxers would inspire Chinese nationalistsincluding a young Mao Zedongfor decades to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44955004207157,"sku":"ByrdShop_0809094770","price":35.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780809094776.jpg?v=1770295151","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-boxer-rebellion-and-the-great-game-in-china","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}