The Military Collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, 1618-44

ISBN-13: 9780415449274 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 308 str.

Swope, Kenneth M.

Opis

This text 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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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).