David Graff (USA Kansas State College)

Medieval Chinese Warfare 300-900

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first survey of medieval Chinese military History to be published in English, this gripping book shows how China's history has been shaped by war.

Produktdetails

• Warfare and History
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780415239554
• ISBN-10: 0415239559
• Artikelnr.: 22452129

Autorenporträt

David Graff

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps
Preface and acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The legacy of antiquity
2 The fall of Western Jin
3 The north under barbarian rule
4 The south under émigré rule
5 From Northern Wei to Northern Zhou
6 North versus south
7 The Koguryo? War and the fall of the Sui dynasty
8 Li Shimin and the military consolidation of the Tang dynasty
9 The early Tang military and the expeditionary armies
10 The price of professionalism
11 Consequences of the An Lushan rebellion
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index