Swope, Kenneth. <br/><br/>
The military collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, 1618-44  [electronic resource] / 
Kenneth M. Swope. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  2014. 
 - 1 online resource (xv, 291 p.) :  ill., maps. 
 - Asian states and empires .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. A gauntlet is cast down : the rise of the Latter Jin, 1618-21 -- 2. Changing tides : from defeat to stability in the northeast, 1622-6 -- 3. Pursuing a forward strategy: Yuan Chonghuan's rise and fall, 1626-30 -- 4. Dashing defiers and dastardly defenders : the peasant rebels gain strength and the northeastern front weakens, 1630-6 -- 5. Miscasting a ten sided net : Yang Sichang ascendant, 1636-41 -- 6. Hanging by a silken thread : the Ming armies collapse, 1641-3 -- 7. Chongzhen's lament : my ministers have abandoned me! (winter-spring 1644) -- 8. The fall of the Ming in global perspective. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203795439 (ebook : PDF) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--History--Li Zicheng Rebellion, 1628-1645.<br/>China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.<br/>China--History, Military--960-1644.