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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 June 2012
      10 July 2008
      ISBN:
      9780511816598
      9780521846820
      9780521609548
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511816598
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.44kg, 202 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.32kg, 202 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Regional and World History: General Interest, Asian Studies, History, Regional History after 1500
      Series:
      New Approaches to Asian History (3)
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Regional and World History: General Interest, Asian Studies, History, Regional History after 1500
    Series:
    New Approaches to Asian History (3)
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    Records show that the Chinese invented gunpowder in the 800s. By the 1200s they had unleashed the first weapons of war upon their unsuspecting neighbours. This extraordinarily ambitious book traces the history of that invention and its impact on the surrounding Asian world - Korea, Japan, South East Asia and South Asia - from the ninth through the twentieth century. As the book makes clear, the spread of war and its technology had devastating consequences on the political and cultural fabric of those early societies although each reacted very differently. The book, which is packed with information about military strategy, interregional warfare and the development of armaments, also engages with the major debates and challenges traditional thinking on Europe's contribution to military technology in Asia. Articulate and comprehensive, this book will be a welcome addition to the undergraduate classroom and to all those interested in Asian studies and military history.

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    'This is an important study that students and teachers will find both informative and challenging. I thoroughly recommend it.'

    Source: The Historical Association

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