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Military Thought of Asia - From the Bronze Age to the Information Age (Hardcover)
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Military Thought of Asia - From the Bronze Age to the Information Age (Hardcover)
Series: Warfare and History
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Military Thought of Asia challenges the assertion that the
generation of rational secular ideas about the conduct of warfare
is the preserve of the West, by analysing the history of ideas of
warfare in Asia from the ancient period to the present. The volume
takes a transcontinental and comparative approach to provide a
broad overview of the evolution of military thought in Asia. The
military traditions and theories which have emerged in different
parts of Eurasia throughout history are products of geopolitics and
unique to the different regions. The book considers the systematic
and tight representation of ideas by famous figures including
Kautlya and Sun Tzu. At the same time, it also highlights
publications on military affairs by small men like mid-ranking
officers and scattered ideas regarding the origin, nature and
societal impact of organised violence present in miscellaneous
sources like coins, inscriptions, paintings and fictional
literature. In so doing, the book fills a historiographical gap in
scholarship on military thought, which marginalises Asia to the
part of cameo, and historicises the evolution of theory and the
praxis of warfare. The volume shows that the 'East' has a long
unbroken tradition of conceptualising war and its place in society
from the Classical Era to the Information Age. It is essential
reading for those interested in the evolution of military thought
throughout history, particularly in Asia.
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