Fighting techniques of the Oriental world, AD 1200-1860 : equipment, combat skills, and tactics /

"This book describes the fighting techniques of the armies of East Asia, from the age of the Mongol expansion in the thirteenth century to the Anglo-Chinese Opium Wars of the mid-nineteenth century. The book explores the tactics and strategy required to win battles with the technology availabl...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Haskew, Michael E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2008.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The role of infantry
  • Mounted warfare
  • Command and control
  • Siege warfare
  • Naval warfare.