Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750: Cavalry, Guns, Government and Ships

Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750: Cavalry, Guns, Government and Ships
ISBN-10
1780938004
ISBN-13
9781780938004
Category
History
Pages
303
Language
English
Published
2014-05-22
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
Kaushik Roy

Description

A substantial amount of work has been carried out to explore the military systems of Western Europe during the early modern era, but the military trajectories of the Asian states have received relatively little attention. This study provides the first comparative study of the major Asian empires' military systems and explores the extent of the impact of West European military transition on the extra-European world. Kaushik Roy conducts a comparative analysis of the armies and navies of the large agrarian bureaucratic empires of Asia, focusing on the question of how far the Asian polities were able to integrate gunpowder weapons in their military systems. Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750 offers important insights into the common patterns in war making across the region, and the impact of firearms and artillery.

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