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Author: Jwing-Ming Yang
Publisher: YMAA Publication Center Inc
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781886969674
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEver wonder what all those fancy martial arts weapons are for? Find out in this definitive manual.
Author: Ian McCollum
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Published: 2021-12
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ISBN-13: 9781733424639
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Noel Perrin
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780879237738
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLord Hideyoshi, the regent of Japan at the time, took the first step toward the control of firearms. It was a very small step, and it was not taken simply to protect feudal lords from being shot at by peasants but to get all weapons out of the hands of civilians. He said nothing about arms control. Instead, he announced that he was going to build a statue of Buddha that would make all existing statues look like midgets. It would be so enormous (the figure was about twice the scale of the Statue of Liberty), that many tons of iron would be needed just for the braces and bolts. Still more was required to erect the accompanying temple, which was to cover a piece of ground something over an eighth of a mile square. All farmers, ji-samurai, and monks were invited to contribute their swords and guns to the cause. They were, in fact, required to. -- from publisher description.
Author: Tetsutaka Sugawara
Publisher: Japan Publications Trading
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780870409349
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAikido & Chinese Martial Arts V1 is a Japan Publications publication.
Author: Ralph D. Sawyer
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2011-03-01
Total Pages: 578
ISBN-13: 0465023347
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of China is a history of warfare. Rarely in its 3,000-year existence has the country not been beset by war, rebellion, or raids. Warfare was a primary source of innovation, social evolution, and material progress in the Legendary Era, Hsia dynasty, and Shang dynasty -- indeed, war was the force that formed the first cohesive Chinese empire, setting China on a trajectory of state building and aggressive activity that continues to this day. In Ancient Chinese Warfare, a preeminent expert on Chinese military history uses recently recovered documents and archaeological findings to construct a comprehensive guide to the developing technologies, strategies, and logistics of ancient Chinese militarism. The result is a definitive look at the tools and methods that won wars and shaped culture in ancient China.
Author: Henrik Stålhane Hiim
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-07-24
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 1351026046
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores China’s approach to the nuclear programs in Pakistan, Iran, and North Korea. A major power with access to nuclear technology, China has a significant impact on international nuclear weapons proliferation, but its attitude towards the spread of the bomb has been inconsistent. China’s mixed record raises a broader question: why, when and how do states support potential nuclear proliferators? This book develops a framework for analyzing such questions, by putting forth three factors that are likely to determine a state’s policy: (1) the risk of changes in the nuclear status or military doctrines of competitors; (2) the recipient’s status and strategic value; and (3) the extent of pressure from third parties to halt nuclear assistance. It then demonstrates how these factors help explain China’s policies towards Pakistan, Iran, and North Korea. Overall, the book finds that China has been a selective and strategic supporter of nuclear proliferators. While nuclear proliferation is a security challenge to China in some settings, in others, it wants to help its friends build the bomb. This book will be of much interest to students of international security, nuclear proliferation, Chinese foreign policy and International Relations in general.
Author: Zhi Dao
Publisher: DeepLogic
Published:
Total Pages: 99
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book provides highlights on the key concepts and trends of evolution in History of Weapons in China, as one of the series of books of “China Classified Histories”.
Author: Chong-Pin Lin
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 296
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKKinas nukleare strategi analyseres på baggrund af kinesiske strategiske traditioner. Hensigten er at give en forståelse af Kinas særlige nukleare forestillinger som verdens trediestørste nuklearmagt.
Author: Yang Hong
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 328
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andrea Stricker
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-11-14
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781727337334
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThirty years ago, in 1988, the United States secretly moved to end once and for all Taiwan's nuclear weapons program, just as it was nearing the point of being able to rapidly break out to build nuclear weapons. Because intense secrecy has followed Taiwan's nuclear weapons program and its demise, this book is the first account of that program's history and dismantlement. Taiwan's nuclear weapons program made more progress and was working on much more sophisticated nuclear weapons than publicly recognized. It came dangerously close to fruition. Taipei excelled at the misuse of civilian nuclear programs to seek nuclear weapons and implemented capabilities to significantly reduce the time needed to build them, following a decision to do so. Despite Taiwan's efforts to hide these activities, the United States was able to gather incriminating evidence that allowed it to act, effectively denuclearizing a dangerous, destabilizing program, that if left unchecked, could have set up a potentially disastrous confrontation with the People's Republic of China (PRC). The Taiwan case is rich in findings for addressing today's nuclear proliferation challenges.
