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The title is a bit misleading, it should have been "Chinese Armies from the Mongol Conquest to the Ming Dynasty. " The subject is well chosen for that title. The effect of trying to rule China if one was a Mongol led quickly to the sinification of the Mongols, and local conditions led to the armies being largely infantry, and eventually under the Ming, the serious adoption of primitive gunpowder weapons. There is little discussion of the hand weapons of the Yuan and Ming armies, and a fair amount on the steps leading to the later matchlock weapons. The Armour is also scantily described, but there are a number of fortification plans. A pretty normal Osprey treatment of a complex subject. ( )