The Asian Military Revolution

Author : Peter A. Lorge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521846820
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Asian Military Revolution written by Peter A. Lorge and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-10 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Records show that the Chinese invented gunpowder in the 800s. By the 1200s they had unleashed the first weapons of war upon their unsuspecting neighbours. This extraordinarily ambitious 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 century. As the book makes clear, the spread of war and its technology had devastating consequences on the political and cultural fabric of those early societies although each reacted very differently. The book, which is packed with information about military strategy, interregional warfare and the development of armaments, also engages with the major debates and challenges traditional thinking on Europe's contribution to military technology in Asia. Articulate and comprehensive, this book will be a welcome addition to the undergraduate classroom and to all those interested in Asian studies and military history.

Author : Peter Allan Lorge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780511411861
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Asian Military Revolution: From Gunpowder to the Bomb written by Peter Allan Lorge and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9780511414404
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Asian Military Revolution: From Gunpowder to the Bomb written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : E. Goldman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403980446
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Information Revolution in Military Affairs in Asia written by E. Goldman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-07-22 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to this volume seek to explore the multi-dimensional (institutional, cultural, technological, and political) environments of several Asian states to determine the amenability of those host environments for the adoption/adaptation of the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMS).

Author : Hélder Carvalhal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000372820
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First World Empire written by Hélder Carvalhal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-05 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive overview of the early modern military history of Portugal and its possessions in Africa, the Americas, and Asia from the perspective of the military revolution historiographical debate. The existence of a military revolution in the early modern period has been much debated in international historiography, and this volume fills a significant gap in its relation to the history of Portugal and its overseas empire. It examines different forms of military change in specifically Portuguese case studies but also adopts a global perspective through the analysis of different contexts and episodes in Africa, the Americas, and Asia. Contributors explore whether there is evidence of what could be defined as aspects of a military revolution or whether other explanatory models are needed to account for different forms of military change. In this way, it offers the reader a variety of perspectives that contribute to the debate over the applicability of the military revolution concept to Portugal and its empire during the early modern period. Broken down into four thematic parts and broad in both chronological and geographical scope, the book deepens our understanding of the art of warfare in Portugal and its empire and demonstrates how the military revolution debate can be used to examine military change in a global perspective. This is an essential text for scholars and students of military history, military architecture, global history, Asian history, and the history of Iberian empires.

Author : MacGregor Knox
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521800792
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050 written by MacGregor Knox and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-08-27 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the changes that have marked war in the Western World since the thirteenth century.

Author : Peter Lorge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110708475X
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reunification of China written by Peter Lorge and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking work examining the military and political events that shaped the Song dynasty (960-1279) in China. Peter Lorge examines the centrality of warfare and politics in the struggle for internal and external power, as well as the influence of individuals and their relationships in political processes.

Author : Peter Zarrow
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134219776
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book China in War and Revolution, 1895-1949 written by Peter Zarrow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-06-07 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing historical insights, essential to the understanding of contemporary China, this book explores the events that led to the rise of communism and a strong central state during the early twentieth century.

Author : Peter A. Lorge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521878810
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chinese Martial Arts written by Peter A. Lorge and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the global world of the twenty-first century, martial arts are practised for self-defense and sporting purposes only. However, for thousands of years, they were a central feature of military practice in China and essential for the smooth functioning of society. This book, which opens with an intriguing account of the very first female martial artist, charts the history of combat and fighting techniques in China from the Bronze Age to the present. This broad panorama affords fascinating glimpses into the transformation of martial skills, techniques and weaponry against the background of Chinese history, the rise and fall of empires, their governments and their armies. Quotations from literature and poetry, and the stories of individual warriors, infuse the narrative, offering personal reflections on prowess in the battlefield and techniques of engagement. This is an engaging and readable introduction to the authentic history of Chinese martial arts.

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ISBN 13 : 9781280377396
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Download or read book War, Politics and Society in Early Modern China, 900-1975 written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive survey of Chinese military history is the only book in English to span the significant years from 900-1795. Peter Lorge questions current theories on China's relationship to war, and argues that war was the most important tool used by the Chinese in building and maintaining their empire. Emphasizing the relationship between the military and politics, chapters are organised around specific military events and, Lorge argues, the strength of territorial claims and political impact of each dynasty were determined by their military capacity. Ideal as a course adoption text for Asian military studies, this is also valuable for students of Chinese studies, military studies, and Chinese history.