The book of war : from Chinese history / Tang Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Long, Tang, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History, Military--To 221 B.C.

China.

China--History, Military--To 221 B.C--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

""The Book of War" chronicles the military organization, equipment, key personalities, and major campaigns that produced China. This book focuses predominantly on ancient Chinese military history from 500 BC to 200 BC. Military accomplishments and developments of that era left an indelible legacy in the field of warfare for ensuing generations to study and learn."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Military organization of ancient China

Ancient Chinese weapons and equipment

Strategic cultural thinking

Cultural paradigm

Six arts, the making of a knight

San Yang, the Iron Chancellor, architect of Imperial China

Bai Chi, the most successful general in Chinese history

Gan Luo, the diplomatic genius

Kong Ming, the Chinese Leonardo da Vinci

Wu Qi, the flawed perfect general

Sun Bin and make them ride to the sound of the battle

Zhao Ser and the great fake

Yu Xu and deception, deception and more deception

Xiang Yu and the strategy of smashed stoves and sunken ships

The peasant and the warrior: the founding of the imperial Han empire

The Bare Head Brigade, berserker troops of ancient China

Psychological warfare, 285 bc

Battle of the Red Cliff, the salamis of ancient China

Battle of Bo-ju, Sun Tzu's signature campaign

Battle of Zui-li, the battle that Sun Tzu lost

The path of vengeance

Battle of Jin-yang, the end of the spring and autumn era

Zheng He, the admiral

Jing Ke, the death warrior

Mo Dao, the forerunner of the samurai sword

The Chinese crossbows.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62894-293-2