Europe and Southeast Asia: the military balance

Anthony Reid (1982) Europe and Southeast Asia: the military balance. Occasional Paper (16). James Cook University. South East Asian Studies Committee, Townsville, QLD, Australia ISBN 978-0-86443-068-7

Europe and Southeast Asia
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Work By: Author: Anthony Reid
Editor: Bob Hering
Item Type: Book
Collection: North Queensland Collection
Location: Townsville Campus Library
Item Code: NQ 959 P11
Subjects: Southeast Asia; Europe; military relations; 1517-1648; 17th century; Centre for Southeast Asian Studies

Summary

[Extract] Military technology tends to be the first to be borrowed, since the penalties for not doing so are immediate and fatal. Southeast Asia, being as devoted to warfare as any part of the globe, and unusually exposed to external maritime contacts, has of course been no exception. Since there are, for example, Indic elements in the battle formations of the major states for as long as we have records, we must guard against referring to a 'traditional' mode of Southeast Asian warfare prior to modern adaptations. On the other hand, over a relatively long period for which we have evidence (say 16th-19th Centuries), Southeast Asian warfare is characterised by certain consistent features which spring from the nature of society itself rather than any particular military technology.

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