Military orientalism : Eastern war through Western eyes /
Patrick Porter.
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
- x, 263 p. ; 23 cm.
- Critical war studies series .
- Critical war studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-253) and index.
The embattled west -- Rethinking war and culture -- watching the rising sun: observing Japan at war -- The ghost of Genghis: Mongols and the western imagination -- Exotic enemy? America, the Taliban and the fog of culture -- Hizballa, Israel and the 2006 'July war': the divine victory.
Military art and science--Asia. War and society--Asia. Orientalism--Western countries. East and West. Culture conflict. Military art and science--Western countries. War and society--Western countries. Public opinion--Western countries.
Asia--History, Military. Asia--Foreign public opinion.