TY - BOOK AU - PETRIELLO David Richard TI - A military history of China: from the first recorded battle to the twenty-first century SN - 9781594163111 (hbk.) : PY - 2018/// CY - Yardley, Pennsylvania PB - Westholme publishing KW - CHINA KW - MILITARY, HISTORY KW - MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE KW - CHINA KW - HISTORY N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - China's military prowess extends across the centuries, and includes the invention or first use of gunpowder, landmines, rocket launchers, armored cavalry, repeating crossbows, multiĀ­stage rockets, and chemical weapons-in many cases, long before the West ER -