About the author

Li Huguang is a Chinese author known for writing on military and historical subjects; his publicly available personal information is limited, with no clear record of his birth and death dates, nationality, or educational background. Five of his works are currently held in the collection, including The Ming Empire's New Technology Wars, War Stories: Contenders for Supremacy: The Ming-Mongol Wars, The Ultimate Warrior Showdown, A Chronicle of Ming Dynasty War Gods, and the Miscellany Series (five-volume set). These titles show that his writing focuses on Ming dynasty military history and the technology of warfare, while also covering comparisons of warriors and generals across different eras and the compilation of historical miscellanies. His works are usually classified as military and historical reading, with an emphasis on organizing historical sources and presenting the details of warfare, aimed at general readers interested in military history and the history of the Ming dynasty. Because public information is limited, a complete picture of his personal experience and overall body of work is difficult to outline.

Written (7)

Anecdotal History Series (5-Volume Set) cover
Rating 3.4
Anecdotal History Series (5-Volume Set) 李湖光 / 罗三洋 / 杨亮 / 柳馥 / 时拾史事 Taihai Publishing House · 2020 A trendy, accessible popular-history MOOK—raw, down-to-earth, and guaranteed to deliver. It delivers. This is a fresh, gossipy set of little history b…
The Ming Empire's New-Technology Warfare cover
Rating 4.0
The Ming Empire's New-Technology Warfare 李湖光 Taihai Publishing House · 2018 The New Technology War of the Ming Empire recounts how the Ming Empire, a unified dynasty in Chinese history, was founded and sustained amid large-sca…
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Rating 3.7
Register of the Great Ming War Gods 李湖光 Taihai Publishing House · 2018 Controlling armies by spiritual means has been a customary method of many commanders throughout history. Various "war gods" charged with this mission …
War Chronicles: The Hegemon's Contest: The Ming-Mongol War cover
Rating 4.0
War Chronicles: The Hegemon's Contest: The Ming-Mongol War 李湖光 China Chang'an Publishing House · 2016 The Yuan empire, which came from the Mongolian steppe and built its power on cavalry, declined in the middle and late fourteenth century, yet cavalry …
Showdown of the Greatest Warriors cover
Rating 3.9
Showdown of the Greatest Warriors 李湖光 China Chang'an Publishing House · 2016 As one of the world's four great ancient civilizations, China possesses a proud military culture. Long before Western gunships forced open China's doo…
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War Stories Special Edition 李湖光 / 王子午 / 宋毅 China Chang'an Publishing House · 2014 War Stories Special Edition is a themed companion series launched by "Zhiwen · War Stories" beyond its main periodical, written by a group of domestic…
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Rating 3.0
A Military History of the Ming Empire 李湖光 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2010 A Military History of the Ming Empire is a popular military history by Li Huguang, an enthusiast of Ming history, subtitled Firearms Warfare under the…

Publishers

China Chang'an Publishing HousePhoenix Books, Ltd.Taihai Publishing House