Kenneth M. Swope

The Military Collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, 1618-44 (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the collapse of China's Ming Dynasty following the invasion and victory of the Manchu-led Qing in 1620-44. 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134462162
• Artikelnr.: 40435668

Autorenporträt

Kenneth M. Swope is Professor of History and Fellow of The Center for the Study of War and Society at the University of Southern Mississippi, USA. He specializes in the military, political, and social history of Ming China, and he also conducts research in comparative early modern military history, and in East Asian international relations. His books include Warfare in China Since 1600 (2005); and A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail: Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592-1600 (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. A Gauntlet is Cast Down: The Rise of the Latter Jin,
1618-1621 2. Changing Tides: From Defeat to Stability in the Northeast,
1622-1626 3. Pursuing a Forward Strategy: Yuan Chonghuan's Rise & Fall,
1626-1630 4. Dashing Defiers and Dastardly Defenders: The Peasant Rebels
Gain Strength & the Northeastern Front Weakens, 1630-1636 5. Miscasting a
Ten Sided Net: Yang Sichang Ascendant, 1636-1641 6. Hanging by a Silken
Thread: The Ming Armies Collapse, 1641-1643 7. Chongzhen's lament: My
Ministers Have Abandoned Me! (Winter-Spring 1644) 8. The Fall of the Ming
in Global Perspective