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Author Porter, Patrick, 1976-

Title Military orientalism : Eastern war through Western eyes / Patrick Porter
Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description x, 263 pages ; 23 cm
Series Critical war studies series
Critical war studies.
Contents 1. The embattled West -- 2. Rethinking war and culture -- 3. Watching the rising sun : observing Japan at war -- 4. The ghost of Genghis : Mongols and the Western imagination -- 5. Exotic enemy? : America, the Taliban and the fog of culture -- 6. Hizballa, Israel and the 2006 'July War' : the divine victory -- Conclusion. Beyond the Wild East
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Culture conflict.
East and West.
Military art and science -- Asia.
Military art and science -- Western countries.
Orientalism -- Western countries.
Public opinion -- Western countries.
War and society -- Asia.
War and society -- Western countries.
SUBJECT Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008606 -- Foreign public opinion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005785
Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008606 -- History, Military. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005863
LC no. 2009012515
ISBN 9780231154147 (alk. paper)