The Culture of War in China Empire and the Military under the Qing Dynasty |
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| Author:
| Waley-Cohen, Joanna |
| Series title: | International Library of War Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84511-159-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2006 |
| Publisher: | I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
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| Imprint: | I.B. Tauris |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $145.00 |
Book Description:
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In this book, Joanna Waley-Cohen overturns conventional wisdom to put warfare at the heart of seventeenth and eighteenth century China, showing how emperors underpinned military expansion with a wide-ranging cultural campaign intended to bring military success, and the martial values associated with it, into the mainstream of cultural life.
In this book, Joanna Waley-Cohen overturns conventional wisdom to put warfare at the heart of seventeenth and eighteenth century China, showing how emperors underpinned military expansion with a wide-ranging cultural campaign intended to bring military success, and the martial values associated with it, into the mainstream of cultural life.