Importing the European Army: The Introduction of European Military Techniques and Institutions in the Extra-European World, 1600-1914

by David B. Ralston

Book Overview

In a study that extends well beyond military history, David B. Ralston documents the ways in which five different countries-Russia, the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, China, and Japan-refashioned their armed forces along European lines during the three centuries after 1600. The appropriation of Western military institutions in countries outside of Europe was, Ralston argues, the major force driving these countries to adopt European administrative, economic,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226703193
• ISBN13: 9780226703190
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"