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Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World 1200-1860
Michael Haskew
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Description for Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World 1200-1860
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 150 colour & b/w photos/illustrations throughout; 20 colour maps. BIC Classification: 1FP; HBLC; HBLH; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1060.
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. In the first chapter, the book considers the key role of infantry at the battles of Tumu (1449), Maymyo (1767), Kawanakajima (1561) and Nagashino (1575). The uses and merits of spearmen and archers are explored, ... Read more
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. In the first chapter, the book considers the key role of infantry at the battles of Tumu (1449), Maymyo (1767), Kawanakajima (1561) and Nagashino (1575). The uses and merits of spearmen and archers are explored, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Amber Books Ltd
Condition
New
Series
Fighting Techniques
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905704965
SKU
V9781905704965
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99-50
About Michael Haskew
Dr Chris McNab is a writer and editor specialising in military history, with a major research interest in the evolution of modern manoeuvre warfare. He has written or contributed to numerous titles, including Campaigns of World War II, Order of Battle: German Kriegsmarine, Order of Battle: German Luftwaffe, World War II Data Book: The Third Reich, 1933-45 and World War ... Read more
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