From war to diplomatic parity in eleventh-century China : : Sung's foreign relations with Kitan Liao / / by David Curtis Wright.

This study of relations between Sung China (960-1279) and Kitan Liao (916-1125), a state on Sung's northern border, is both a military and diplomatic history and a history of diplomacy. Its first chapters historically contextualise the equality of Sung-Liao diplomacy and narrate how, during the...

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Superior document:History of warfare, 33
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Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
Series:History of warfare ; v. 33.
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One: Sung-Liao Diplomacy in the History of Chinese Foreign Relations
  • Chapter Two: The Sung-Liao War of 1004-1005 and the Covenant of Shan-yüan
  • Chapter Three: Embassies
  • Chapter Four: Routine Diplomatic Missives
  • Chapter Five: Embassy Reports
  • Chapter Six: Mid-century Crisis
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary
  • Index.