David A Graff
Biographic Data
| ID | 4795058 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David A Graff |
| GIVEN NAMES | David A |
| FAMILY NAME | Graff |
| SIGNATURE | GRAFF D A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kansas State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Women Who Ruled China
The Cambridge History of Strategy
Volume I of The Cambridge History of Strategy offers a history of the practice of strategy from the beginning of recorded history, to the late eighteenth century, from all parts of the world. Drawing on material evidence covering two-and-a-half millennia, an international team of leading scholars in each subject examines how strategy was formulated and applied and with what tools, from ancient Greece and China to the Ottoman and Mughal Empires an…
Metanarratives in Asian Military History
The Cambridge History of War
Volume II of The Cambridge History of War covers what in Europe is commonly called 'the Middle Ages'. It includes all of the well-known themes of European warfare, from the migrations of the Germanic peoples and the Vikings through the Reconquista, the Crusades and the age of chivalry, to the development of state-controlled gunpowder-wielding armies and the urban militias of the later middle ages; yet its scope is world-wide, ranging across Euras…
China
The Tang dynasty, which lasted from 618 to 907, was typical of China’s great imperial regimes in that it owed its creation to successful military action and saw its subsequent fortunes shaped to a very great extent by events on the battlefield; when its military power waned the dynasty faltered, and when that power had dissipated completely it fell. In the Tang, as under earlier and later dynasties, the ruling elites were intensely interested in …
Introduction to volume II
It would not be very much of an overstatement to say that modern academic writing about medieval warfare – in English, at least – began with Sir Charles Oman, whose first essay on the subject was written in 1884 and later expanded into his History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages , which went through two editions (1898 and 1924). Oman’s brisk narrative weaving together weaponry, military institutions and exemplary battles is typical of the pi…
The Eurasian Way of War
1. War and Culture 2. Resources and Institutions 3. Weapons and Tactics 4. The Army on Campaign 5. The Legacy of the Past 6. Contacts and Influences 7. The Shadow of the Steppe 8. Conclusion
Nicolas Tackett. The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy
Journal Article Nicolas Tackett. The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy. Get access Nicolas Tackett. The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy. (Harvard–Yenching Institute Monograph Series, no. 93.) Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, distributed by Harvard University Press, 2014. Pp. xiv, 281. $49.95. David A. Graff David A. Graff Kansas State University [email protected] Search for other works by this author on…
China between Empires
(2010). China between Empires: The Northern and Southern Dynasties. The Chinese Historical Review: Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 114-117
"Goose File" Formation
Li Jing's Antecedents
Medieval Chinese Warfare 300-900
Shortly after 300 AD, barbarian invaders from Inner Asia toppled China's Western Jin dynasty, leaving the country divided and at war for several centuries. Despite this, the empire gradually formed a unified imperial order. Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900 explores the military strategies, institutions and wars that reconstructed the Chinese empire that has survived into modern times.Drawing on classical Chinese sources and the best modern schol…
Strategy and Contingency in the Tang Defeat of the Eastern Turks, 629-630
Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900
A Military History of China
The Tao of Peace
The Sword and the Brush
(2000). The Sword and the Brush: Military Specialisation and Career Patterns in Tang China, 618–907. War & Society: Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 9-21
The Eurasian Way of War
1. War and Culture 2. Resources and Institutions 3. Weapons and Tactics 4. The Army on Campaign 5. The Legacy of the Past 6. Contacts and Influences 7. The Shadow of the Steppe 8. Conclusion
China between Empires
(2010). China between Empires: The Northern and Southern Dynasties. The Chinese Historical Review: Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 114-117
The Sword and the Brush
(2000). The Sword and the Brush: Military Specialisation and Career Patterns in Tang China, 618–907. War & Society: Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 9-21
The Sword and the Brush
(2000). The Sword and the Brush: Military Specialisation and Career Patterns in Tang China, 618–907. War & Society: Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 9-21
The Tao of Peace
Strategy and Contingency in the Tang Defeat of the Eastern Turks, 629-630
Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900
A Military History of China
Medieval Chinese Warfare 300-900
Shortly after 300 AD, barbarian invaders from Inner Asia toppled China's Western Jin dynasty, leaving the country divided and at war for several centuries. Despite this, the empire gradually formed a unified imperial order. Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900 explores the military strategies, institutions and wars that reconstructed the Chinese empire that has survived into modern times.Drawing on classical Chinese sources and the best modern schol…
Li Jing's Antecedents
"Goose File" Formation
China between Empires
(2010). China between Empires: The Northern and Southern Dynasties. The Chinese Historical Review: Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 114-117
Nicolas Tackett. The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy
Journal Article Nicolas Tackett. The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy. Get access Nicolas Tackett. The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy. (Harvard–Yenching Institute Monograph Series, no. 93.) Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, distributed by Harvard University Press, 2014. Pp. xiv, 281. $49.95. David A. Graff David A. Graff Kansas State University [email protected] Search for other works by this author on…
The Eurasian Way of War
1. War and Culture 2. Resources and Institutions 3. Weapons and Tactics 4. The Army on Campaign 5. The Legacy of the Past 6. Contacts and Influences 7. The Shadow of the Steppe 8. Conclusion
The Cambridge History of War
Volume II of The Cambridge History of War covers what in Europe is commonly called 'the Middle Ages'. It includes all of the well-known themes of European warfare, from the migrations of the Germanic peoples and the Vikings through the Reconquista, the Crusades and the age of chivalry, to the development of state-controlled gunpowder-wielding armies and the urban militias of the later middle ages; yet its scope is world-wide, ranging across Euras…
China
The Tang dynasty, which lasted from 618 to 907, was typical of China’s great imperial regimes in that it owed its creation to successful military action and saw its subsequent fortunes shaped to a very great extent by events on the battlefield; when its military power waned the dynasty faltered, and when that power had dissipated completely it fell. In the Tang, as under earlier and later dynasties, the ruling elites were intensely interested in …
Introduction to volume II
It would not be very much of an overstatement to say that modern academic writing about medieval warfare – in English, at least – began with Sir Charles Oman, whose first essay on the subject was written in 1884 and later expanded into his History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages , which went through two editions (1898 and 1924). Oman’s brisk narrative weaving together weaponry, military institutions and exemplary battles is typical of the pi…
Metanarratives in Asian Military History
The Cambridge History of Strategy
Volume I of The Cambridge History of Strategy offers a history of the practice of strategy from the beginning of recorded history, to the late eighteenth century, from all parts of the world. Drawing on material evidence covering two-and-a-half millennia, an international team of leading scholars in each subject examines how strategy was formulated and applied and with what tools, from ancient Greece and China to the Ottoman and Mughal Empires an…
The Women Who Ruled China
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