Military thought in early China /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rand, Christopher C. (Christopher Clark), 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Military art and science > China > History.
Militarism > China > History.
Art et science militaires > Chine > Histoire.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Intellectual life
Militarism
Military art and science
Kriegführung
Militärgeschichte.
Militarismus
Streitende Reiche
Handynastie
China > Intellectual life > History.
Chine > Vie intellectuelle > Histoire.
China
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The emergence of the Wen/wu problem
  • The achievement of balance
  • The western Zhou solution
  • Evolution in Chunqiu times
  • New solutions in the Zhanguo era
  • Militarism
  • Compartmentalism
  • Syncretism
  • Conclusion
  • The metaphysics of generalship
  • The general as sage
  • Psychical power
  • Metaphysical dynamics
  • The ultimate battle
  • Conclusion
  • The practical and meta-practical
  • Organizational models
  • Training and administration
  • Military law
  • War preparedness
  • Intelligence measures
  • Collection and analysis
  • Deception and covert action
  • Views of military thinkers
  • Conclusion
  • The moral dimension of war
  • Laozi
  • Kongzi
  • Yanzi
  • Mengzi
  • Xunzi
  • Mozi
  • Songzi
  • Military thinkers
  • Conclusion
  • The permutations of western Han
  • Realignment of solutions
  • Wen/wu and foreign policy
  • A double paradox
  • Effects of social and institutional changes
  • Conclusion.

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