Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World: Equipment, Combat Skills, and Tactics

by Amber Books, Eric Niderost, Christer Joregensen

Book Overview

Divided into five sections, the text examines the individual components of the oriental army, the footsoldier and the mounted soldier, the equipment they wore an used, and how they fought together as a unit.? Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World describes why certain types of units--such as the cavalry horse archer, were more effective than others, and why the heavy cavalry of the type dominant in Western Europe never became a feature of Asian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312386966
• ISBN13: 9780312386962
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.0" x 10.0"