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Warfare in Chinese History
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Pages: 464
Authors: Hans van de Ven
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-26 - Publisher: BRILL

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Our understanding of Chinese warfare has suffered from misconstrued contrasts between Chinese and Western ways in warfare. This is one of the arguments convinci
Warfare in Chinese History
Language: en
Pages: 476
Authors: H. J. Van Derven
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-01-01 - Publisher: BRILL

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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.
Ancient Chinese Warfare
Language: en
Pages: 578
Authors: Ralph D. Sawyer
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-01 - Publisher: Basic Books

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The history of China is a history of warfare. Rarely in its 3,000-year existence has the country not been beset by war, rebellion, or raids. Warfare was a prima
Medieval Chinese Warfare 300-900
Language: en
Pages: 299
Authors: David Graff
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-09-02 - Publisher: Routledge

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Shortly after 300 AD, barbarian invaders from Inner Asia toppled China's Western Jin dynasty, leaving the country divided and at war for several centuries. Desp
Debating War in Chinese History
Language: en
Pages: 282
Authors:
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-18 - Publisher: BRILL

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Chinese rulers and statesmen were naturally concerned about the issue of war, when to wage it, when it was justified, and when to avoid it. Although much has be