books.google.co.uk - This comprehensive survey of Chinese military history is the only book in English to span the significant years from 900 – 1795. Peter Lorge questions current theories on China’s relationship to war, and argues that war was the most important tool used by the Chinese in building and maintaining their...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/War_Politics_and_Society_in_Early_Modern.html?id=SE2Gw8rjuXQC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareWar, Politics and Society in Early Modern China, 900–1795
