Andrade Tonio
Andrade Tonio - The Gunpowder Age China Military Innovation And The Rise Of The West In World History - Paperback
Andrade Tonio - The Gunpowder Age China Military Innovation And The Rise Of The West In World History - Paperback
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Description: The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s four centuries before the technology passed to the West. But by the early 1800s China had fallen so far behind the West in gunpowder warfare that it was easily defeated by Britain in the Opium War of 1839 - 42. What happened? In The Gunpowder Age Tonio Andrad
Title: The Gunpowder Age China Military Innovation And The Rise Of The West In World History
Author(s): Andrade Tonio
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Barcode: 9780691178141
Pages: 448 Pages, 21 Halftones. 4 Line Illus. 10 Maps.
Publication Date: 8/29/2017
Category: Military History
Description: The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s four centuries before the technology passed to the West. But by the early 1800s China had fallen so far behind the West in gunpowder warfare that it was easily defeated by Britain in the Opium War of 1839 - 42. What happened? In The Gunpowder Age Tonio Andrad
Title: The Gunpowder Age China Military Innovation And The Rise Of The West In World History
Author(s): Andrade Tonio
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Barcode: 9780691178141
Pages: 448 Pages, 21 Halftones. 4 Line Illus. 10 Maps.
Publication Date: 8/29/2017
Category: Military History
