Warfare in Chinese history / edited by Hans van de Ven.
Warfare in Chinese history / edited by Hans van de Ven.
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Publisher
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000.
Date
2000.
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N355.00951/ 11
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English
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Physical content
456 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction / Hans van de Ven -- The Han abolition of universal military service / Mark E. Lewis -- Dou Jiande's dilemma: Logistics, strategy, and state formation in seventh-century China / David A. Graff -- Tibet in Tang's grand strategy / Denis Twitchett -- Waging war for peace? The peace accord...
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"Based on original sources, and dealing with the subject from the earliest dynasty up to modernity, this book uniquely combines chapters on strategy and tactics. Both scope and approach make it a must not only for historians of China, but with a view to its conclusions on the place of China in the context of global military history, also for histor...
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Warfare in Chinese history / edited by Hans van de Ven.
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Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; v. 47.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N355.00951/ 11
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ISBN
9004117741 (alk. paper)
9789004117747 (alk. paper)
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355.00951
MMS ID
991013741129702626
