A DRAGON’ S HEAD AND A SERPENT’ S TAIL: MING CHINA AND THE FIRST GREAT EAST ASIAN WAR, 1592-1598 (CAMPAIGNS AND COMMANDERS)
Book ID/图书代码： 13583015B78581
English Summary/英文概要： 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 mid-twentieth century. Japanese overlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi envisioned conquering Korea, Ming China, and eventually all of Asia; but Korea’s appeal to China’s Emperor Wanli for assistance triggered a six-year war involving hundreds of thousands of soldiers and encompassing the whole region. For Japan, the war was “a dragon’s head followed by a serpent’s tail”: an impressive beginning with no real ending.
Kenneth M. Swope has undertaken the first full-length scholarly study in English of this important conflict. Drawing on Korean, Japanese, and especially Chinese sources, he corrects the Japan-centered perspective of previous accounts and depicts Wanli not as the self-indulgent ruler of received interpretations but rather one actively engaged in military affairs—and concerned especially with rescuing China’s client state of Korea. He puts the Ming in a more vigorous light, detailing Chinese siege warfare, the development and deployment of innovative military technologies, and the naval battles that marked the climax of the war. He also explains the war’s repercussions outside the military sphere—particularly the dynamics of intraregional diplomacy within the shadow of the Chinese tributary system.
What Swope calls the First Great East Asian War marked both the emergence of Japan’s desire to extend its sphere of influence to the Chinese mainland and a military revival of China’s commitment to defending its interests in Northeast Asia. Swope’s account offers new insight not only into the history of warfare in Asia but also into a conflict that reverberates in international relations to this day.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1952年5月日军发动的侵朝战争并不是简单的军事扩张行动：此次军事行动对整个亚洲历史进程和惨烈的朝鲜半岛战争走势都起到了决定性的作用，其影响一直延续至20世纪中叶。日本一代霸主丰臣秀吉欲先攻占朝明两国，进而盘踞整个亚洲；朝鲜一路溃败，朝鲜王立马向明帝万历求救，明军跨江援朝，而这场牵涉上万士兵，波及整个朝鲜半岛的战争却持续六年之久。对于日本来说，此战伊始如龙威武，意气风发；此战终了草草收场，曲终人散。
Kenneth M. Swope已就这场关键的冲突著写了他的第一部长篇学术研究。根据来源于朝鲜，日本，特别是中国的信息来看，他更正到，据日本的史料记载，万历并不是如明朝史料中记载一样昏庸怠政，相反，他心系军国大事，尤其关心如何营救时为附属国的朝鲜。他重点研究明朝，详述了中国的攻城战，创新军事技术的开发和部署，以及标志着战争高潮的海战。同时，他还分析了战争在军事领域之外的影响----特别是在中国朝贡体系影响下的区域外交动态变化。
Swope所说的第一次大东亚战争同时谈到日本渴望在中国大陆扩展势力范围，野心勃勃中国致力于通过军事复兴维护其在东北亚利益，立场坚定。Swope的论述不仅为研究亚洲战争史提供了新的视角，同时也在一定程度上反映了影响当今国际关系的冲突的缘由。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：好书！强烈推荐
Great book. Highly recommend it.
About the Author/作者介绍： Kenneth M. Swope，南密西西比大学历史系副教授，《自强运动检讨:自1600年起在中国爆发的战争》编辑Kenneth M. Swope is Associate Professor of History at the University of Southern Mississippi, and editor of Warfare in China since 1600.
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