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Authors: Christopher C. Rand
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-11 - Publisher: SUNY Press

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Provides a systematic and comprehensive survey of writings on military philosophy in early China. This study of the philosophy of war in early China examines th
Conquer and Govern
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Pages: 258
Authors: Robin McNeal
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-31 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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China’s Warring States era (ca. 5th–3rd century BCE) was the setting for an explosion of textual production, and one of the most sophisticated and enduring
Military Thought in Early China
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Christopher C. Rand
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-11 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

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This study of the philosophy of war in early China examines the recurring debate, from antiquity through the Western Han period (202 BCE–8 CE), about how to a
Military Culture in Imperial China
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Authors: Nicola Di Cosmo
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-04 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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This volume explores the relationship between culture and the military in Chinese society from early China to the Qing empire, with contributions by eminent sch
Ancient Chinese Warfare
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Pages: 578
Authors: Ralph D. Sawyer
Categories: History
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The history of China is a history of warfare. Rarely in its 3,000-year existence has the country not been beset by war, rebellion, or raids. Warfare was a prima