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This scholarly examination explores the unexpected military collapse of China's Ming Dynasty between 1618 and 1644, tracing the state's defeat to both foreign and domestic adversaries. The collapse remains historically remarkable given that merely decades earlier, in the 1590s, the Ming had successfully repelled a formidable Japanese military force that sought to subjugate Korea as a stepping stone to invading China itself. Rather than attributing the dynasty's fall to conventional political and socio-economic explanations, this Routledge publication provides a distinctive military-centred analysis that reveals how strategic and tactical factors directly precipitated the Ming state's downfall. The book offers readers a rigorous reassessment of one of history's most consequential power transitions in East Asia.

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Examines the military collapse of the Ming Dynasty from 1618 to 1644 through primary strategic analysis rather than political narratives alone.

Explores the stark contrast between the Ming's earlier military victories against Japanese forces in the 1590s and its subsequent rapid decline.

Provides a focused analysis of foreign and domestic military pressures that directly contributed to the Ming state's collapse.

Published by Routledge as part of the Asian States and Empires series, offering scholarly rigour and peer-reviewed historical research.

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22 August 2013
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