"Defending Heaven: China's Mongol Wars, 1209-1370" Topic
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Tango01 | 26 Jun 2014 10:22 p.m. PST |
"The Defence of Heaven brings together, for the first time in one volume, a complete history of the Jin, Song and Ming dynasties' wars fought against the Mongols. Lasting nearly two centuries, these wars, fought to defend Chinese civilisation against a brutal and unrelenting foe, pitted personal heroics against the inexorable Mongol war machine and involved every part of the Chinese state. The resistance of the Chinese dynasties to the Khans is a complex and rich story of shifting alliances and political scheming, vast armies and navies, bloody battles and an astonishing technological revolution. The great events of China's Mongol war are described and analysed, detailing their immediate and later implications for Chinese history. In this excellent new book James Waterson tackles this fascinating subject with characteristic verve and skill. Setting the Mongol war in the wider context of China's ancient and almost perpetual conflict with the northern nomads, it sheds light on the evolution of China's military society and the management, command and control of the army by the Chinese state"
See here link For pure chance, anyone has read this book? If the answer is yes, commentes please? Thanks in advance for your guidance. Amicalement Armand |
GurKhan | 27 Jun 2014 2:06 a.m. PST |
I've read it. It's OK, it's a good introduction or general survey. It relates events very much from the Song Chinese side, so you get more of their viewpoint than the Mongol view. It's a little on the popular rather than the academic side, it isn't a south-Chinese equivalent of H D Martin's classic "Rise of Chingis Khan and his Conquest of North China" for example. But it is definitely worth reading for anyone interested in the period. |
Tango01 | 27 Jun 2014 10:58 a.m. PST |
Many thanks for your comments my friend!. Amicalement Armand |
Chinggis | 29 Jun 2014 1:23 p.m. PST |
Had it as a Father's Day pressie from my daughter. It's on the 'To Read' shelf at the mo. |
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