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A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail - Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592-1598 (Paperback)
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A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail - Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592-1598 (Paperback)
Series: Campaigns and Commanders Series
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The invasion of Korea by Japanese troops in May of 1592 was no
ordinary military expedition: it was one of the decisive events in
Asian history and the most tragic for the Korean peninsula until
the mid-twentieth century. Japanese overlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi
envisioned conquering Korea, Ming China, and eventually all of
Asia; but Korea's appeal to China's Emperor Wanli for assistance
triggered a six-year war involving hundreds of thousands of
soldiers and encompassing the whole region. For Japan, the war was
""a dragon's head followed by a serpent's tail"": an impressive
beginning with no real ending. Kenneth M. Swope has undertaken the
first full-length scholarly study in English of this important
conflict. Drawing on Korean, Japanese, and especially Chinese
sources, he corrects the Japan-centered perspective of previous
accounts and depicts Wanli not as the self-indulgent ruler of
received interpretations but rather one actively engaged in
military affairs - and concerned especially with rescuing China's
client state of Korea. He puts the Ming in a more vigorous light,
detailing Chinese siege warfare, the development and deployment of
innovative military technologies, and the naval battles that marked
the climax of the war. He also explains the war's repercussions
outside the military sphere - particularly the dynamics of
intraregional diplomacy within the shadow of the Chinese tributary
system. What Swope calls the First Great East Asian War marked both
the emergence of Japan's desire to extend its sphere of influence
to the Chinese mainland and a military revival of China's
commitment to defending its interests in Northeast Asia. Swope's
account offers new insight not only into the history of warfare in
Asia but also into a conflict that reverberates in international
relations to this day.
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