The Military Collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, 1618-44 by Swope, Kenneth M.

The Military Collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, 1618-44 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415449274)

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The Military Collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, 1618-44 by Swope, Kenneth M.

The Military Collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, 1618-44

$225.00
The Military Collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, 1618-44 by Swope, Kenneth M.

The Military Collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, 1618-44

$225.00
Format: Hardcover
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This book examines the collapse of China's Ming Dynasty following the invasion and victory of the Manchu-led Qing in 1620-44. The Ming's defeat was a highly surprising development, not least because as recently as in the 1590s the Ming had managed to defeat a Japanese force considered to be perhaps the most formidable of its day when the latter attempted to subjugate Korea en-route to a planned invasion of China.

Author: Kenneth M. Swope
ISBN-10: 0415449278
ISBN-13: 9780415449274
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 08/22/2013
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d

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By Kenneth M. Swope
By Kenneth M. Swope
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Kenneth M. Swope is Professor of History and Fellow of The Center for the Study of War and Society at the University of Southern Mississippi, USA. He specializes in the military, political, and social history of Ming China, and he also conducts research in comparative early modern military history, and in East Asian international relations. His books include Warfare in China Since 1600 (2005); and A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail: Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592-1600 (2009).

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