tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post862221106500263992..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: East Asian Military History – A Few Historiographical Notes T. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-85153720675785631242015-12-24T03:39:48.599-08:002015-12-24T03:39:48.599-08:00Elliot, Emperor Qianlong http://www.amazon.com/gp/...<br /><br />Elliot, <i>Emperor Qianlong</i> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321084446/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0321084446&linkCode=as2&tag=theschssta-20&linkId=6EYQ3U7XFBD3DIZ3 <br /><br />Spence, <i>God's Chinese Son,</i> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393315568/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-28753483035188781292015-12-24T03:39:11.089-08:002015-12-24T03:39:11.089-08:00As for your first questions, I can give you an idi...As for your first questions, I can give you an idiosyncratic list of books I've enjoyed or think particularly useful for understanding pol/mil events of the last 2,000 years or so and how they are perceived today. This is by no means a comprehensive or even a very well thought out list. Its just the first titles that come to mind when someone says "I am new to Asian history and want T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-14658884781899835482015-12-24T02:36:59.078-08:002015-12-24T02:36:59.078-08:00Michael--
I am afraid the title "prof" ...Michael--<br /><br />I am afraid the title "prof" does not apply to me. I have no credentials to justify it. <br /><br />Your second question is easier to answer, for I have gone a long way towards answering it in an earlier post: http://scholars-stage.blogspot.tw/2015/08/which-wars-are-most-important.html<br /><br />The Japanese list would include most of those, but would probably add T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-89209339569162823452015-12-22T10:56:41.233-08:002015-12-22T10:56:41.233-08:00Prof Greer,
As a member of the frustrated, popul...Prof Greer,<br /> As a member of the frustrated, popular audience for world history and military history books, can I flip the question around on you? Granted there aren't a lot of books out there on Far East military history, but what does exist in popular histories that is worth my time, even if it isn't necessarily narrative? Of the millenia of Chinese history, what events and time Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-50085246920765380272015-12-20T15:05:43.663-08:002015-12-20T15:05:43.663-08:00So many great primary sources locked out to those ...So many great primary sources locked out to those of us who can't put in the time to learn classic Chinese.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-82227011291035220192015-12-19T11:19:33.797-08:002015-12-19T11:19:33.797-08:00Great background for the issues at hand.Great background for the issues at hand.Kitsunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081442616773641512noreply@blogger.com