This book examines the military collapse of China s Ming Dynasty
to a combination of foreign and domestic foes. 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. In contrast to conventional explanations for the Ming s
collapse, which focus upon political and socio-economic factors,
this book shows how the military collapse of the Ming state was
intimately connected to the deterioration of the personal
relationship between the Ming throne and the military establishment
that had served as the cornerstone of the Ming military renaissance
of the previous decades. Moreover, it examines the broader process
of the militarization of late Ming society as a whole to arrive at
an understanding of how a state with such tremendous military
resources and potential could be defeated by numerically and
technologically inferior foes. It concludes with a consideration of
the fall of the Ming in light of contemporary conflicts and regime
changes around the globe, drawing attention to climatological
factors and developments outside state control. Utilizing recently
released archival materials, this book adds a much needed piece to
the puzzle of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty in China.
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