军事教育史是军事学、历史学及教育学等众多学科的交叉地带,正如沈渭滨教授指出的,“晚清军事教育现代化历史进程的研究,不仅关乎军事领域的变革,而且直接与上层建筑的变革,中西文化交汇乃至社会价值体系等诸多方面相连,是一项有深度、有意义的工作”,但我国史学界对于晚清军事教育史的研究并不够；此书之前,20世纪90年代,虽有南京大学史全生教授主编的《中国近代军事教育史》,但晚清军事教育只是其中一部分,篇幅及内容略显单薄,因此,苏州市职业大学王建华教授的专著《半世雄图：晚清军事教育现代化的历史进程》(东南大学出版社2004年版)则有了填补学术空白的意义；正如书中指出,“中国的军事教育现代化在中国教育史乃至整个中国现代化史中都占有重要地位,它对于中国晚清的军事进步,社会风气的转变以及民族、民主革命的发展都起到了至关重要的作用,认真研究这一课题,对于厘清晚清政治、军事史的意义是不言而喻的。” The history of military education is the intersection of many disciplines such as military science, history and pedagogy. As Professor Shen Weibin pointed out, “the study of the historical process of the modernization of military education in late Qing Dynasty not only relates to the revolution in the military field but also directly relates to the transformation of the superstructure , The intersection of Chinese and Western cultures and even the social value system and many other aspects, is a profound and meaningful work, but the history of our country for the study of the history of military education in the late Qing Dynasty is not enough; before the book, the 20th century, 90 years, though There is a history of military education in modern China compiled by professor Shi Quansheng of Nanjing University. However, the military education in late Qing Dynasty was only a part of it. The length and content of the book were a bit thin. Therefore, the monograph of Wang Jianhua, a professor at Suzhou Vocational College, As the book states, ”The modernization of military education in China occupies an important place in the history of education in China and even in the entire history of China’s modernization. It is very important for the modernization of military education in China, China’s military progress in the late Qing Dynasty, the change of social ethos, and the development of the national and democratic revolution all played A crucial role, serious research on the subject, to clarify the significance of political and military history of the late Qing Dynasty is self-evident. "