Frank A. Kierman, Jr. and John K. Faibank (Editors)
Chinese Ways in Warfare.
Harvard University Press, 1974. Harvard East Asian Series, 76. First edition. xii/401 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.75", is bound in light brown cloth, with black lettering to spine. Book is in fine condition, with firm binding, clean and bright interior. Dust jacket displays very light shelfwear. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover.
Based largely on essays discussed at a conference sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies' Committee on Studies of Chinese Civilization and the East Asian Research Center of Harvard University.
Contents:
Introduction: "Varieties of the Chinese Military Experience" by John F. Fairbank;
"Phases and Modes of Combat in Early China" by Frank A. Kierman, Jr;
"The Campaigns of Han Wu-ti" by Michael Loewe;
"Regional Defense against the Central Power: The Huai-hsi Campaign, 815-817" by Charles A. Peterson;
"Siege and Defense of Towns in Medieval China" by Herbert Franke;
"The Poyang Campaign, 1636: Inland Naval Warfare in the Founding of the Ming Dynasty" by Edward L. Dreyer;
"The Tʻu-mu Incident of 1449" by Frederick W. Mote
Hu Tsung-hsien's campaign against Hsü Hai, 1556