A Military History Of China

In A Military History of China: From the First Recorded Battle to the Twenty­-First Century, historian David Richard Petriello provides the first English language account of China’s martial history. China’s military prowess extends across the centuries, and includes the invention or first use of gunpowder, landmines, rocket launchers, armored cavalry, repeating crossbows, multi­stage rockets, and chemical weapons—in many cases, long before the West.  Illustrated with more than one hundred maps and fig­ures, the book traces the general military history of China from the Neolithic Age to the present day. Particular atten­tion is paid to specific battles, military thinkers, the impact of geography on warfare in China, and the role played by technology. Likewise, the work examines the underlying philosophy of why China goes to war. Because China’s mili­tary weakness over the past two centuries compared to the West has given a false sense of China’s potential, a thorough knowledge of the men, battles, tactics, geography, strategies, philosophy, and experiences of war throughout Chinese history are vital to prepare students, scholars, soldiers, and politicians for the return of China as a major innovative and global military power.

AUTHOR – David Petriello

PUBLISHER – Westholme

FORMAT – Hardback

PAGES – 368

PUBLISHED – 2018

ISBN – 978 1 59416 311 1