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  • Sun Tzu in the West

    The Anglo-American Art of War

    de Peter Lorge ...
    It would be hard to overstate the impact of Sun Tzu's The Art of War on military thought. Beyond its impact in Asia, the work has been required reading in translation for US military personnel since the Cold War. Sun Tzu has been interpreted as arguing for 'Indirect Strategy' in contrast to 'Direct Strategy,' the latter idea stemming from Ancient Greece. This is a product of twentieth-century ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • Imperial China

    A Beginner's Guide

    de Dr. Peter Lorge ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    In 221 BCE, the Qin state conquered its neighbours and created the first unified Chinese empire in history. So began the imperial era, where dynasties claiming divine assent ruled for more than 2,000 years.Borders shifted and emperors struggled to exert control over every region of their diverse territories. Elites held that they were inheritors of a rich, pre-imperial culture, while their society ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

  • The Reunification of China

    Peace through War under the Song Dynasty

    de Peter Lorge ...
    The Song dynasty (960–1279) has been characterized by its pre-eminent civil culture and military weakness. This groundbreaking work demonstrates that the civil dominance of the eleventh century was the product of a half-century of continuous warfare and ruthless political infighting. The spectacular culture of the eleventh century, one of the high points in Chinese history, was built on the bloody ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

  • Warfare in China to 1600

    Edición de Peter Lorge ...
    Series series The International Library of Essays on Military History
    Chinese military history has emerged as one of the most promising and radical fields of Chinese studies. China's rapidly increasing military power make understanding the place of war in Chinese culture, as well as the role of the military, and Chinese strategic thought, vital to dealing with this possible threat. The recent flourishing of scholarship in this area has begun to allow an equivalent ... Leer más

    $61.99 USD

  • Chinese and Indian Warfare - From the Classical Age to 1870

    Edición de Kaushik Roy, Peter Lorge ...
    Series series Asian States and Empires
    This book examines the differences and similarities between warfare in China and India before 1870, both conceptually and on the battlefield. By focusing on Chinese and Indian warfare, the book breaks the intellectual paradigm requiring non-Western histories and cultures to be compared to the West, and allows scholarship on two of the oldest civilizations to be brought together. An international ... Leer más

    $70.99 USD

  • War, Politics and Society in Early Modern China, 900-1795

    de Peter Lorge ...
    Series series Warfare and History
    This comprehensive survey of Chinese military history is the only book in English to span the significant years from 900 – 1795. Peter Lorge questions current theories on China’s relationship to war, and argues that war was the most important tool used by the Chinese in building and maintaining their empire.Emphasizing the relationship between the military and politics, chapters are organised ... Leer más

    $69.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Imperial China

    An Audio Guide

    de Peter Lorge ...
    Narrado por John Voce ...
    Series series Bolinda Beginner Guides

    Completo

    8 hora 16 minutos

    In 221 BCE, the Qin state conquered its neighbours and created the first unified Chinese empire in history. So began the imperial era, where dynasties claiming divine assent ruled for more than 2000 years. Borders shifted, and emperors struggled to exert control over every region of their diverse territories. Elites held that they were inheritors of a rich, pre-imperial culture, while their ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

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    The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II

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    The New York Times bestselling account of one of history's most brutal—and forgotten—massacres, when the Japanese army destroyed China's capital city on the eve of World War II."A powerful, landmark book, riveting in its horror." —Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Making of the Atomic BombIn December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of... ... Leer más

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  • Shanghai 1937

    Stalingrad on the Yangtze

    de Peter Harmsen ...
    The New York Times bestseller that inspired the documentary Shanghai 1937: Where World War II Began on Public Television.At its height, the Battle of Shanghai involved nearly a million Chinese and Japanese soldiers while sucking in three million civilians as unwilling spectators—and often victims. It turned what had been a Japanese imperialist adventure in China into a general war between the two ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Korean War

    A History

    de Bruce Cumings ...
    Series Libro 33 - Modern Library Chronicles
    A BRACING ACCOUNT OF A WAR THAT IS EITHER MISUNDERSTOOD, FORGOTTEN, OR WILLFULLY IGNORED.For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953. But for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long struggle that still haunts contemporary events. With access to new evidence and secret materials from both here and abroad, including an archive of captured North Korean documents, ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • Storm Clouds over the Pacific, 1931–1941

    de Peter Harmsen ...
    Series Libro 1 - War in the Far East
    "An excellent primer about World War II in Asia prior to the involvement of the United States"—part one of a fascinating history trilogy ( New York Journal of Books).War in the Far East is a trilogy of books offering the most complete narrative yet written about the Pacific Theater of World War II, and the first truly international treatment of the epic conflict. Historian Peter Harmsen weaves ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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  • The Story of China

    The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream

    de Michael Wood ...
    A single-volume history of China, offering a look into the past of the global superpower and its significance today.Michael Wood has traveled the length and breadth of China, the world's oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity, and deep humanity that stretches back thousands of years.The Story of China explores the Middle ... Leer más

    $17.29 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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