A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail: Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592–1598

By Kenneth M. Swope

Book Overview

The invasion of Korea by Japanese troops in May of 1592 was no ordinary military expedition: it was one of the decisive events in Asian history and the most tragic for the Korean peninsula until the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806140569
• ISBN13: 9780806140568
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.6"