Fighting techniques of the Oriental world, AD 1200-1860 : equipment, combat skills, and tactics / Michael E. Haskew ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haskew, Michael E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military art and science--East Asia--History.

Military art and science.

Weapons--East Asia--History.

Weapons.

History.

East Asia.

Physical Description:

256 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, color plans ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2008.

Summary:

"This book describes the fighting techniques of the armies of East Asia, from the age of the Mongol expansion in the thirteenth century to the Anglo-Chinese Opium Wars of the mid-nineteenth century. The book explores the tactics and strategy required to win battles with the technology available, and illustrates how the development of such weapons changed the way battles were fought"--Publishers description.

Contents:

The role of infantry

Mounted warfare

Command and control

Siege warfare

Naval warfare.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 252) and index.

ISBN:

9780312386962

0312386966

OCLC:

289021125