Description
Gaining an understanding of China's long and sometimes bloody history can help to shed light on China's ascent to global power. Many of China's imperial dynasties were established as the result of battle, from the chariot warfare of ancient times to the battles of the Guomindang (KMT) and Communist regimes of the twentieth century. China's ability to sustain complex warfare on a very large scale was not emulated in other parts of the world until the Industrial Age, despite the fact that the coun
Author: David A. Graff
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 04/13/2012
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780813135847
ISBN10: 0813135842
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military | General
- History | Asia | China
Author: David A. Graff
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 04/13/2012
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780813135847
ISBN10: 0813135842
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military | General
- History | Asia | China
About the Author
David A. Graff, associate professor of history and director of the East Asian Studies program at Kansas State University, is the author of Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300--900.
Robin Higham, professor of history emeritus at Kansas State University, is the author and editor of many books, including Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat.
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