tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post7370803381593406618..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: Which Wars Are Most Important?T. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-71221793437568941002015-08-13T17:28:57.005-07:002015-08-13T17:28:57.005-07:00The commentator -Drgunzet- has been banned, and hi...The commentator <b>-Drgunzet-</b> has been banned, and his comments (save the one responded to above) have been deleted from all threads. I don't have time to deal with arrogance and obvious trollery (or for that matter, trying to decipher his incoherent grammar). All subsequent comments by Drgunzet, or someone I suspect to be him writing underneath a different handle, <b>will be deleted T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-72503137323416297032015-08-11T19:18:18.646-07:002015-08-11T19:18:18.646-07:00@BooksandSword--
I've found that the average...@BooksandSword-- <br /><br />I've found that the average Chinese is much more familiar with their history--or at least a version of it--than Americans are. Perhaps this is because it is the subject of so many poems, novels, and television dramas. It is also a big part of the language. (Think phrases like "Crossing the Runicon" but times their quantity by 10). <br /><br />There are T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-20732963119402597752015-08-11T17:33:22.343-07:002015-08-11T17:33:22.343-07:00Let me point out this very important point about t...Let me point out this very important point about the wars in ancient China and the various wars in the world.<br /><br />Wars in ancient China were mostly State vs. State, not Race vs. Race. Wars in the world have been mostly State (and Race) vs. State (and Race).<br /><br />Say, the 100-year war between Britain and France, it's also between British and French people. In contrast, Sun Tzu&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-35390077867865945322015-08-11T10:38:18.345-07:002015-08-11T10:38:18.345-07:00Where do Chinese in military/political circles get...Where do Chinese in military/political circles get their knowledge of military history? I would imagine that the number who spend a lot of time reading classical Chinese and thousand-page studies for specialists is small. Are there a group of popularizers who boil down and gloss academic research, and how do they relate to the people who do original research and link it to things which Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-48801851279974049932015-08-10T05:38:54.904-07:002015-08-10T05:38:54.904-07:00The Spanish-American war. Not so much as a study ...The Spanish-American war. Not so much as a study in warfare but as insight into the American cultural mindset at the time. A culture that is still with us in many forms today. Travis Coberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133213372208725122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-71172467662979165242015-08-10T03:03:24.358-07:002015-08-10T03:03:24.358-07:00It is obvious to say which war is the most importa...It is obvious to say which war is the most important [to the world]. Just look at the two factors: the scale of the war and the immediate impact/results. WWI and WWII would be the top ones.<br /><br />I propose a new idea. Which smaller war is the most important [to the world]? I would propose the answer: The First Indochina War, 1946-1954. This small war in the global scale resulted in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-43002882772918353272015-08-10T00:26:24.519-07:002015-08-10T00:26:24.519-07:00Re: Noah Smith --He and I had a long discussion ab...Re: Noah Smith --He and I had a long discussion about the role on the Mongols in Chinese historical memory on Twitter after I saw his comment. Read it <a href="https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/630444566185910272" rel="nofollow">here</a>.T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-57275204632497389202015-08-10T00:26:06.424-07:002015-08-10T00:26:06.424-07:00Re: Anon's comment--
I discussed this issue a...Re: Anon's comment--<br /><br />I discussed this issue a little in my original series on the Chinese stratic tradition. You can divide any "tradition" into two parts--strategic theory and strategic practice. Most of the time when I talk about "the Chinese strategic tradition" I am talking about the first of these--that is, the theories of folks like Sunzi and Mao Zedong T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-52611700049349743102015-08-09T22:44:29.071-07:002015-08-09T22:44:29.071-07:00Interesting that despite you mentioning the Americ...Interesting that despite you mentioning the American strategic tradition not going back centuries, it is generally considered (including in this post) that ancient "western" conflicts like the Peloponnesian war are still part of its pedigree. By virtue of being a part of western civilization alone despite being so far removed from American soil in time or place? While it seems all the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-25009057495120322412015-08-09T11:27:03.235-07:002015-08-09T11:27:03.235-07:00Mongols!!!Mongols!!!Noah Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093917601641588575noreply@blogger.com