The Culture of War in China: Empire and the Military under the

The Culture of War in China: Empire and the Military under the Qing Dynasty (International Library of War Studies)

Was the primary focus of the Qing dynasty really civil rather than military matters? In this ground-breaking book, Joanna Waley-Cohen overturns conventional wisdom to put warfare at the heart of seventeenth and eighteenth century China. She argues that the civil and the military were understood as mutually complementary forces. 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. The Culture of War in China is a striking revisionist history that brings new insight into the roots of Chinese nationalism and the modern militarized state.
Country USA
Brand I.B. Tauris
Manufacturer I.B.Tauris
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2014-02-27
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781780766683

The Culture of War in China: Empire and the Military under the Qing Dynasty (International Library of War Studies)