The Asian military revolution : from gunpowder to the bomb / Peter A. Lorge.
The Asian military revolution : from gunpowder to the bomb / Peter A. Lorge.
The Asian military revolution : from gunpowder to the bomb / Peter A. Lorge.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2008.
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N355.0095/ 2
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English
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xi, 188 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
China through the Yuan -- Japan and the wars of unification -- The Chinese military revolution and war in Korea -- Southeast Asia -- South Asia to 1750 -- The military revolution in South Asia, 1750-1850 -- The arrival and departure of the West.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2008.
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England
Date Published
c2008.
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"Records show that the Chinese invented gunpowder in the 800s. By the 1200s they had unleashed the first weapons of war upon their unsuspecting neighbors. This book traces the history of that invention and its impact on the surrounding Asian world - Korea, Japan, South East Asia and South Asia - from the ninth through the twentieth centuries. As th...
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The Asian military revolution : from gunpowder to the bomb / Peter A. Lorge.
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New approaches to Asian history.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2008.
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N355.0095/ 2
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74VMjweKeOQX
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0521609542 (pbk.)
9780521846820 (hbk.)
052184682X (hbk.)
9780521609548 (pbk.)
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355.0095
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991000979759702626
