About the author
Zhao Kai is a Chinese writer on world history and military subjects; public information about him is limited, and no systematic account of his life has been disclosed. Judging from the six works held in the collection, his writing centers on the rise and fall of dynasties, wars, and political change in modern times. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Romanov Dynasty and its collector's edition trace the collapse of Russia's last dynasty; The Bloodstained Crown: A History of British Kingship and War turns to the intertwined history of the British monarchy and warfare; The Military Department Rules the State: A History of Modern Japanese Militarism's Adventures discusses the military's grip on the Japanese state; War Stories 034 belongs to a thematic series on military history; and The Trump Era addresses contemporary American politics. Overall, Zhao Kai presents historical events and institutional change in narrative form for general readers interested in world and military history, combining focused themes with readability.
Written (9)
Rating 3.0★ The Trump Era 荣杰 / 赵恺 · 2024 Although Donald Trump's first presidential term has not yet ended, his words and actions have already made him the most "unconventional" U.S. presiden… Rating 3.7★ The Military Governs the Nation: A History of Militarist Adventurism in Modern Japan 赵恺 China Chang'an Publishing House · 2023 This book focuses on a profoundly radical era of change in modern Japanese history. After the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan annexed the Korean Penins… Rating 4.0★ A History of the Decline and Fall of the Romanov Dynasty 赵恺 Jilin Literature and History Publishing House · 2018 As a powerful ruling dynasty in Russian history, the Romanovs expanded Russia from a closed-off small state in Eastern Europe into one of the world's … Rating 4.0★ A History of the Decline and Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (Collector's Edition) 赵恺 Jilin Literature and History Publishing House · 2018 As a powerful ruling dynasty in Russian history, the Romanov family expanded Russia from an isolated small country in Eastern Europe into one of the w… Rating 3.9★ Warfare Compendium 034 Zhiwen Fenghuo Studio / 杨英杰 / 龚涵锦 / 赵恺 Taihai Publishing House · 2018 War Stories 034 describes how, at the Battle of Sellasia, the citizen soldiers once so prized by Sparta played a decisive role in a major battle and s… Rating 3.8★ The Blood-Stained Crown: British Royal Power and the History of War 赵恺 Jilin Literature and History Publishing House · 2017 Blood-Stained Crown: A History of the British Monarchy and War is the first book to take war and the succession of royal power as its lens, presenting… Bloodstained Crown: A History of British Monarchy and War 赵恺 Jilin Literature and History Publishing House · 2017 Taking war and the succession of royal power as its main thread, this book presents a panoramic survey of four centuries of political and military cha… Rating 3.0★ A Quick Read of Chinese Military History (Six Volumes) 赵恺 / Gu Xiaolü / Guo Qiang Tuanjie Publishing House (Unity Press) · 2016 A Quick Read of Chinese Military History is a six-volume popular history of premodern Chinese warfare, co-written by three authors of military history… A One-Sitting History of China's Wars (Six Volumes) Gu Xiaolü / 赵恺 / Guo Qiang Tuanjie Publishing House (Unity Press) · 2016 A One-Sitting History of China's Wars is a six-volume popular military history series published by Tuanjie Publishing House in September 2016, written…Publishers
China Chang'an Publishing HouseTaihai Publishing HouseJilin Literature and History Publishing HouseTuanjie Publishing House (Unity Press)