Lien Vu Hong. The Mongol Navy: Kublai Khan’s Invasions in Đại Việt and Champa

Yusof Ishak Institute Press, 2017. — 65 p.During his campaign in southern China and following his final victory over the Southern Song in 1279, the Yuan Emperor Kublai Khan launched a series of naval campaigns to conquer East and Southeast Asia. The chain of attempted conquests began with Japan and ended with Java, and all ended in failure. Although Kublai Khan did not succeed, the Mongol intervention seriously affected the dynamics of the region and left long-lasting consequences. Most remarkable of all, the naval campaigns marked a dramatic change in the Mongol traditional warfare.