Dragon's Head and A Serpent's Tail: Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592-1598
(Part of the Campaigns and Commanders (#20) Series and Campaigns and Commanders Series)
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The invasion of Korea by Japanese troops in May of 1592 was no ordinary military expedition: it was one of the decisive events in Asian history and the most tragic for the Korean peninsula until the mid-twentieth century. Japanese overlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi envisioned conquering Korea, Ming China, and eventually all of Asia; but Korea's appeal to China's Emperor Wanli for assistance triggered a six-year war involving hundreds of thousands of soldiers...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0806155817
ISBN13:9780806155814
Release Date:July 2016
Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
Length:424 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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