Military orientalism : Eastern war through Western eyes - Porter, Patrick, 1976- (New York : Columbia University Press, 2009)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-253) and index.
Keywords: Geschichte; 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