Swordsmen: The Martial Ethos in the Three Kingdoms.(Book review)

The Historian | September 22, 2005| | Copyright

Swordsmen: The Martial Ethos in the Three Kingdoms. By Roger B. Manning. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. xv, 272. $72.00.)

Everyone knows about the Military Revolution--that fundamental change in the early modern period in the waging of war that helped build and bankrupt states, made conflict more widespread and bloodier, and greatly expanded the size of armies and navies. First promulgated by Michael Roberts in 1956, it has been hotly debated ever since. Now, in a fascinating book, Roger B. Manning has enriched this concept by arguing that in the Three ...

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