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Imperial Chinese Military History: 8000 BC - 1912 AD
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by Marvin C Whiting
Sales Rank: 784253
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List Price: $32.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 600 pages
Published by: AuthorHouse April 17, 2002
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0595221343
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0595221349
Book Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 1.5 inches
Weighs: 1.9 pounds
Reader Reviews
Imperial Chinese Military History is a book that attempts to describe the history of China from the very first beginning all the way up to 1912 in chronological order. The format is encyclopedic which describes events that happened virtually year by year. It also injects in crucial events that happened elsewhere in the world. From time to time, the author would elaborate more on a particular topic, battle, or person. The fact that the book is in encyclopedic format doesn't render it very readeable. It is nice to have if you want to check quickly what happened at a particular year but not quite if you want to learn and understand more about history as a whole. The book is supposedly about military history. I bought the book expecting that it would try to expand upon the often neglected aspect of tactical and operational details of chinese armies. The author however falls into the trap of simply reporting of what happened, not on how or why they happened. The author would try to perform further analysis on a few selected topics. Unfortunately the analysis is rather superficial and often based only on what previous works have touched upon. There is almost no original and fresh conclusions other than acknowledgments that so and so event might not have happened the way it was recorded in history. And lastly, the main detractor from the book is the fact that it is riddled with grammatical and spelling errors. Although such things do not change the fact that the book is filled with useful information, they do challenge the credibility of the author. Seeing the dearth of military history of china in english, I applaud the attempt of the author. It is very unfortunate that it doesn't quite deliver.
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