The Asian Military Revolution: From Gunpowder to the Bomb
(Part of the New Approaches to Asian History Series)
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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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:052184682X
ISBN13:9780521846820
Release Date:August 2008
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:202 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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