China at war: an encyclopedia

This encyclopedia supplies 248 entries describing people, battles, states, and concepts in Chinese military history from its mythical origins to the present. The volume includes 61 contributors from both the academic and military spheres, but a large proportion of the entries are written by the edit...

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Published inCHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries Vol. 49; no. 12; p. 2252
Main Author Vivier, B.T
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Middletown American Library Association CHOICE 01.08.2012
American Library Association dba CHOICE
Subjects
Encyclopedias
Military history
Nonfiction
War
Xiaobing Li
China
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Summary:This encyclopedia supplies 248 entries describing people, battles, states, and concepts in Chinese military history from its mythical origins to the present. The volume includes 61 contributors from both the academic and military spheres, but a large proportion of the entries are written by the editor and two other contributors. Although this work features articles for all major dynasties and some important premodern military events, the coverage and quality of entries on the 20th century are far stronger...
ISSN:0009-4978
1943-5975