Debating war in Chinese history / edited by Peter A. Lorge.

• Superior document: History of warfare, volume 83
• TeilnehmendeR: Lorge, Peter Allan, 1967-
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: History of warfare ; v. 83.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Chinese rulers and statesmen were naturally concerned about the issue of war, when to wage it, when it was justified, and when to avoid it. Although much has been asserted about how these issues were understood in Chinese culture, this work is the first study actually to focus on the debates themselves. These debates at court proceeded from specific understandings of what constituted evidence, and involved the practical concerns of policy as well as more general cultural values. The result is a decidedly messy portrait of Chinese decision making over two millenia that is neither distinctly Chinese nor entirely generic. Contributors are Parks Coble, Garret Olberding, David Pong, Kenneth Swope, Paul Van Els, David Wright, and Shu-Hui Wu.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Peter Lorge -- Righteous, Furious, or Arrogant? / Paul van Els -- Debates and Decision-Making / Shu-hui Wu -- The Debate Between Wang Hui and Han Anguo / Garret Olberding -- Fighting Against Empire: Resistance to the Later Zhou and Song Conquest of China / Peter Lorge -- Debates in the Field During Bayan’s Campaigns Against Southern Song China, 1274–1276 / David Curtis Wright -- As Close as Lips and Teeth: Debating the Ming Intervention in Korea / Kenneth M. Swope -- To War or Not to War: Decisions for War in Late Imperial China, 1870's–1900 / David Pong -- Debating War in China: The Decision to Go to War, July-August 1937 / Parks M. Coble -- Index / Peter A. Lorge.