The document summarizes Paul A. Cohen's book about the Boxer Uprising in China in three parts. It describes how Cohen uses historical reconstruction and eyewitness accounts to explore the uprising. The Boxers resented Christian converts and foreign influence, and attacks commenced in Beijing. A drought fueled religious explanations for the crisis and the Boxers' belief that eliminating foreign religion would end it. Finally, a force of European and Japanese troops captured Beijing in 1900 to end the uprising.