Struggle for Empire: The Battles of General Zuo Zongtang

Struggle for Empire provides the first comprehensive modern biography in English of the late Qing dynasty statesman, strategist,...
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Author: Kenneth M. Swope
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Struggle for Empire: The Battles of General Zuo Zongtang by Swope, Kenneth M.

Struggle for Empire: The Battles of General Zuo Zongtang

BD$107.67

Struggle for Empire: The Battles of General Zuo Zongtang

BD$107.67
Author: Kenneth M. Swope
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Struggle for Empire provides the first comprehensive modern biography in English of the late Qing dynasty statesman, strategist, and military commander, Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885). A national hero in China, Zuo's remarkable story remains understudied in the West.

Author Kenneth Swope traces Zuo's unlikely rise from poverty and obscurity in rural Hunan province to become the most powerful Han Chinese official in Manchu China. Zuo embodied a new practical type of Chinese official, grounded in the study of military history and strategic geography, who realized that the secret to China's survival was to both live up to traditional Confucian norms and expectations while also adapting science and technology from the West.

Zuo also pushed for self-strengthening, building China's first modern naval yard and setting up arsenals, silk factories, and publishing houses across China. Zuo also helped the Qing put down the greatest civil war in human history, the Taiping Rebellion.

Author: Kenneth M. Swope
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Published: 05/17/2024
Pages: 456
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.59lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.24w x 1.33d
ISBN: 9781682472859

About the Author
Kenneth Swope is Professor of History and Senior Fellow of the Dale Center for the Study of War and Society at the University of Southern Mississippi. He holds a PhD from the University of Michigan and is the author or editor of numerous books and articles on late imperial Chinese and East Asian military history. Swope is a board member of the Chinese Military History Society. He resides in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

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