TY - BOOK ID - 136115205 TI - Military transition in early modern Asia, 1400-1750 : cavalry, guns, government and ships PY - 2014 SN - 130672077X 147421083X 1780938136 9781780938134 9781780938004 1780938004 9781474210836 9781780937656 1780937652 PB - London ; New Delhi ; New York : Bloomsbury, DB - UniCat KW - Firearms KW - Military art and science KW - Military weapons KW - Ordnance KW - Weapons systems KW - Asia. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136115205 AB - "A substantial amount of work has been carried out to explore the military systems of Western Europe during the early modern era, but the military trajectories of the Asian states have received relatively little attention. This study provides the first comparative study of the major Asian empires' military systems and explores the extent of the impact of West European military transition on the extra-European world. Kaushik Roy conducts a comparative analysis of the armies and navies of the large agrarian bureaucratic empires of Asia, focusing on the question of how far the Asian polities were able to integrate gunpowder weapons in their military systems. Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750 offers important insights into the common patterns in war making across the region, and the impact of firearms and artillery."--Bloomsbury Publishing. ER -