Chi Man Kwong

Gebundenes Buch

Hong Kongers in the British Armed Forces, 1860-1997

Beschreibung

The first systematic study of the experience of the more than 30,000 Hong Kong men and women who served in the British armed forces from the Opium Wars to the end of the British rule, putting them in the context of Hong Kong history, the history of the British Empire, and the military history of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Autor

Chi Man Kwong is an associate professor in the history department of Hong Kong Baptist University. He specializes in the military and naval history of modern East Asia, particularly from the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) to the 1970s. He is the author of War and Geopolitics in Interwar Manchuria and co-author of Eastern Fortress A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840-1970. His writing can also be found in Modern Asian Studies, War in History, and Journal of Military History.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780192845740
• ISBN-10: 0192845748
• Artikelnr.: 64107695