Military Culture in Imperial China

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For both the United States and United Kingdom counterinsurgency was a serious component of security policy during the Cold War and, along with coun...

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Wai-yee Li traces notions of the pleasures and dangers of things in the literature and thought of late imperial China. She considers core oppositio...

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Considers the important aspects of life during the Han period, when the foundations were laid for the chief political, economic, cultural and socia...

Publisher: RANDAuthor(s): Michael S ChaseNumber of pages: 44Publication date: 2019Dimensions: 215 x 279 x 9Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescop...

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The Great War helped China emerge from humiliation and obscurity and take its first tentative steps as a full member of the global community. In 19...

DescriptionDiscover the Terracotta Army, the Silk Road and the great inventions of ancient China--from paper and porcelain to fireworks and acupunc...

This volume completes Keith McMahon's acclaimed history of imperial wives and royal polygamy in China. Avoiding the stereotype of the emperor's plu...

The Black Flags raided their way from southern China into northern Vietnam, competing during the second half of the nineteenth century against othe...

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Publisher: Tuttle PublishingAuthor(s): Pierre OstrowskiIllustration(s): manga illustrations throughoutNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2022Dim...

A detailed analysis of the organization, uniforms and weapons of the French Imperial Guard created by Napoleon I. The author describes how this lar...

Temples dedicated to Confucius are found throughout China and across East Asia, dating back over two thousand years. These sacred and magnificent s...

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In 221 BCE, the Qin state conquered its neighbours and created the first unified Chinese empire in history. So began the imperial era, where dynast...

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In this history of China for the 900-year span of the late imperial period, Mote highlights the personal characteristics of the rulers and dynastie...

Offers an analysis of the Chinese Armies that fought a series of increasingly fractious wars over nearly a century. Beginning with a run through of...

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Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): He BianIllustration(s): 9 b/w illus. 3 tables. 4 maps.Number of pages: 264Publication date: 2022Dim...

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