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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818157203321

Titolo

Debating war in Chinese history [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peter A. Lorge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013

ISBN

90-04-24479-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

History of warfare, , 1385-7827 ; ; volume 83

Altri autori (Persone)

LorgePeter Allan <1967->

Disciplina

355.020951

Soggetti

War - Decision making

China History, Military

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Peter Lorge -- Righteous, Furious, or Arrogant? / Paul van Els -- Debates and Decision-Making / Shu-hui Wu -- The Debate Between Wang Hui and Han Anguo / Garret Olberding -- Fighting Against Empire: Resistance to the Later Zhou and Song Conquest of China / Peter Lorge -- Debates in the Field During Bayan’s Campaigns Against Southern Song China, 1274–1276 / David Curtis Wright -- As Close as Lips and Teeth: Debating the Ming Intervention in Korea / Kenneth M. Swope -- To War or Not to War: Decisions for War in Late Imperial China, 1870's–1900 / David Pong -- Debating War in China: The Decision to Go to War, July-August 1937 / Parks M. Coble -- Index / Peter A. Lorge.

Sommario/riassunto

Chinese rulers and statesmen were naturally concerned about the issue of war, when to wage it, when it was justified, and when to avoid it. Although much has been asserted about how these issues were understood in Chinese culture, this work is the first study actually to focus on the debates themselves. These debates at court proceeded from specific understandings of what constituted evidence, and involved the practical concerns of policy as well as more general cultural values. The result is a decidedly messy portrait of Chinese decision making over two millenia that is neither distinctly Chinese nor entirely generic. Contributors are Parks Coble, Garret Olberding, David Pong, Kenneth Swope, Paul Van Els, David Wright, and Shu-Hui Wu.