Ancient Chinese warfare
One of the leading scholars of Chinese military history offers a definitive guide to the ways in which military strategy and technology shaped the face of ancient Chinese civilization.
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- Full title :Ancient Chinese warfare / by Ralph D. Sawyer ; with the bibliographic collaboration of Mei-chun Lee Sawyer.
Summary
One of the leading scholars of Chinese military history offers a definitive guide to the ways in which military strategy and technology shaped the face of ancient Chinese civilization.
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- Publication Date:©2011
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Basic Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (578 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0465023347, 9780465023349, 9781785391262, 1785391267
- oclc:ocn708569156
- LC Classification:U43.C6
- Dewey Decimal:355.020931
Table of Contents
Title Page; Dedication; PREFACE; A NOTE ON PRONUNCIATION; 1. -- PRELIMINARY ORIENTATIONS AND LEGENDARY CONFLICTS; 2. -- ANCIENT FORTIFICATIONS, I; 3. -- ANCIENT FORTIFICATIONS, II; 4. -- THE HSIA; 5. -- WARFARE IN THE HSIA; 6. -- THE SHANG DYNASTY; 7. -- SHANG CAPITALS, CITADELS, AND FORTIFICATIONS; 8. -- CHAOS, CONTRACTION, AND RESURGENCE; 9. -- KING WU TING, I; 10. -- KING WU TING, II; 11. -- THE LAST REIGNS; 12. -- THE SHANG MARTIAL EDIFICE; 13. -- TROOPS, INTELLIGENCE, AND TACTICS; 14. -- METALLURGICAL EVOLUTION IN CHINA; 15. -- EARLY WEAPONS AND THE AXE; 16. -- KNIVES, DAGGERS, AND SWORDS.
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