Author

Publication

2001-12-14 - Routledge

Language

English

Word Count

76,000 words, Guess

Page Count

304 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivemedievalchinesew00graf
  • ISBN-100415239540
  • ISBN-139780415239547
  • Goodreads5932791
  • LibraryThing22069
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Description

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. Despite this, the empire gradually formed a unified imperial order. Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900 explores the military strategies, institutions and wars that reconstructed the Chinese empire that has survived into modern times.Drawing on classical Chinese sources and the best modern scholarship from China and Japan, David A. Graff connects military affairs with political and social developments to show how China's history was shaped by war.

First Sentence

There has long existed a rough-and-ready, generally accepted periodization of the military history of the Western world.

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Other Editions

  • Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900 (Warfare and History)Routledge2001-12-14

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