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 second book of this series. The chapters: Chronology -- The Western Han -- The Eastern Han -- Recruitment -- Organisation -- Weapons -- Defences -- Garrison Life -- The Three Kingdoms and the Ts'in -- The Barbarian Invasions -- Armies of the Invasion Period -- The art of war in the early Imperial Age -- Ten significant battles. The text focuses on telling Chinas military history; it is very weak on topics like weapons or battle tactics. The drawings by Michael Perry are ok. The maps are primitive and not very useful. This book is the sequel to "Ancient Chinese Armies 1500 - 200BC" (MAA218). The next book in the series is "Imperial Chinese Armies 590 - 1260AD" (MAA 295).