Grand Strategy Determines Fate: A Historical Explanation of the Rise and Fall of the Qing Dynasty

Author: Xu Zhaoren / Country: Mainland China
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Publishing Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book analyzes the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty from a macro perspective, focusing on the key aspect of "grand strategy" to examine the strategic decisions and implementations of the Qing in different historical periods, highlighting their successes and failures. The book offers a comprehensive and visionary overview, narrating historical events and summarizing lessons learned, effectively capturing the essence and gaining deep insights. – Professor Dai Yi
This book expands the research topics of Qing history, adopting a new perspective and employing comprehensive and comparative methods to explore the entire process of Qing historical development. The author argues that the grand strategy's planning and implementation by Qing rulers are closely related to the dynasty's rise and fall, serving as an intrinsic driving force. This unique insight is both reasonable and scientific, representing a new perspective and exploration previously unaddressed by predecessors, offering fresh and enlightening insights. – Professor Wang Rufeng
Based on the study of traditional Chinese strategy, the book draws on the theories and methods of Western grand strategy to explore the grand strategy of the Qing Dynasty and its successes and failures for the first time from a macro perspective. Through a continuous and comprehensive examination of nearly three centuries of Qing history, the book analyzes the rise, unification, prosperity, and decline of a ruling dynasty. Employing interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and comparative research methods, it summarizes and extracts detailed historical materials and content from a new perspective, reaching the innovative conclusion that grand strategy is a significant factor in the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty, which holds considerable theoretical significance and academic value.