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Military Thought of Asia: From the Bronze Age to the Information Age book cover

1st Edition

Military Thought of Asia From the Bronze Age to the Information Age

By Kaushik Roy Copyright 2021
294 Pages
by Routledge

294 Pages
by Routledge

294 Pages
by Routledge
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Military Thought of Asia challenges the assertion that the generation of rational secular ideas about the conduct of warfare is the preserve of the West, by analysing the history of ideas of warfare in Asia from the ancient period to the present. The volume takes a transcontinental and comparative approach to provide a broad overview of the evolution of military thought in Asia. The military... Read more

Introduction

1. Ancient West Asia: Origins of Cosmic Genocide

2. Jatilas and Kutilas of Early India

3. Twitter (Military) Beats from the Middle Kingdom

4. Hybrid Warfare of the Byzantine Empire

5. Fighting for Allah: Islam and Steppe Nomads

6. Dark Lords Rising: Samurais of Premodern Japan

7. Wehrmacht Reborn in Zion? Arab-Israeli Military Thought

8. South Asia: From Modern War to Postmodern War

9. China, South-East Asia and Japan: From Maoist War to Limited War

10. Jihad.Com: From Modern to Postmodern Era

Conclusion

Biography

Kaushik Roy is Guru Nanak Chair Professor in the Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India and a Global Fellow at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway. Roy specialises on global military history. He has published many books and chapters in edited volumes and has articles in several peer-reviewed journals.

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