Submitted Photo At left is SUNY Fredonia professor, Dr. Xin Fan. Cambridge University Press released the first English translation of Chinese historian Lei Haizong’s study of the Chinese army. Dr. Fan was invited to write an introduction to the translation.

In June, Cambridge University Press released the first English translation of Chinese historian Lei Haizong’s study of the Chinese army, reappraising Chinese civilization from a military perspective.

Entitled as “Chinese Culture and the Chinese Military,” is part of The Cambridge China Library project.

Known for his works in Chinese intellectual history and historiography, Dr. Xin Fan, who is an associate professor in the Department of History at the State University at Fredonia, was invited by the university press to write an introduction to the translation.

The book is now available on the market, and Dr. Fan’s introduction is free for download.