Importing the European army : the introduction of European military techniques and institutions into the extra-European world, 1600-1914 /

"In a study that extends well beyond military history, David B. Ralston documents the ways in which five different countries -Russia, the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, China, and Japan- refashioned their armed forces along European lines during the three centuries after 1600. The appropriation of West...

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Autor principal: Ralston, David B.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996, c1990.
Edición:1st paperback ed.
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  • Introduction: Army, state, and society in Europe, 1400-1700
  • Military reform under Peter the Great, his predecessors, and his successors
  • The reform of the Ottoman Army, 1750-1914
  • The Egyptian army of Muhammad Ali and his successors
  • The reformation of the armies of China, 1850-1912
  • The armed forces of Japan during the Meiji restoration and after
  • Conclusion.