1. For the neglect of China, H. van de Ven, `Introduction' in his (ed.), Warfare in Chinese History (Leiden, 2000), pp.1-11.
2. Military Technology and World History: A Reconnaissance
3. M. Khodarkovsky, Where Two Worlds Met. The Russian State and the Kalmyk Nomads, 1600-1771 (Ithaca, 992), p.51.
4. The Military Revolution in Russia, 1550-1682