The second collective volume of the TibArmy project has come out:
S.G. FitzHerbert and Alice Travers (eds), Asian Influences on Tibetan Military History between the 17th and 20th Centuries, Special Issue of the Revue d’Etudes Tibetaines, n°53, mars 2020, 367 p.
Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines
Numéro cinquante-trois – Mars 2020
Asian Influences on Tibetan Military History between the 17th and 20th Centuries
Edited by
S.G. FitzHerbert and Alice Travers
§ Full text (9.6 MB)
§ Cover, contents (89 kb, pp. i-iv)
§ Acknowledgements (60 kb, p. 5)
§ Notes on Transcription and Transliteration of Terms in Asian Languages (52 kb, p. 6)
§ Introduction: The Ganden Phodrang’s Military Institutions and Culture between the 17th and the 20th Centuries, at a Crossroads of Influences (1.1 MB, pp. 7-28)
author: Solomon George FitzHerbert and Alice Travers
§ Mongol and Tibetan Armies on the Trans-Himalayan Fronts in the Second Half of the 17th Century, with a Focus on the Autobiography of the Fifth Dalai Lama (484 kb, pp. 29-55)
author: Federica Venturi
§ The Zunghar Conquest of Central Tibet and its Influence on Tibetan Military Institutions in the 18th Century (491 kb, pp. 56-113)
author: Hosung Shim
§ Tibetan and Qing Troops in the Gorkha Wars (1788–1792) as Presented in Chinese Sources: A Paradigm Shift in Military Culture (695 kb, pp. 114-146)
author: Ulrich Theobald
§ Meritocracy in the Tibetan Army after the 1793 Manchu Reforms: The Career of General Zurkhang Sichö Tseten (481 kb, pp. 147-177)
author: Alice Travers
§ The Geluk Gesar: Guandi, the Chinese God of War, in Tibetan Buddhism from the 18th to 20th Centuries (1.5 MB, pp. 178-266)
author: Solomon George FitzHerbert
§ A Visual Representation of the Qing Political and Military Presence in Mid-19th Century Tibet (1.7 MB, pp. 267-302)
author: Diana Lange
§ Zhang Yintang’s Military Reforms in 1906–1907 and their aftermath—The Introduction of Militarism in Tibet (660 kb, pp. 303-340)
author: Ryosuke Kobayashi
§ Japanese Visitors to Tibet in the Early 20th Century and their Impact on Tibetan Military Affairs—with a Focus on Yasujirō Yajima (582 kb, pp. 341-364)
author: Yasuko Komoto
§ List of Authors (104 kb, pp. 365-367)
The printed version of this volume is now available for sale. The publisher is Vajra Publications.
