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

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 287 pages) : maps.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; 33
	History of warfare ; v. 33.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index.
Contents	Ch. 1. Sung-Liao diplomacy in the history of Chinese foreign relations -- Ch. 2. The Sung-Liao war of 1004-1005 and the covenant of Shan-yuan -- Ch. 3. Embassies -- Ch. 4. Routine diplomatic missives -- Ch. 5. Embassy reports. Ch. 6. Mid-century crisis.
Summary	This is a study of war between Sung China and Kitan Liao, the treaty at Shan-yüan in 1005 that ended it, and the forms and textures of peaceful diplomatic contact between the two states that prevailed for the rest of the eleventh century.
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Language	Glossary also in Chinese.
Subject	China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279.
	China -- History -- Liao dynasty, 947-1125.
Chronological Term	Geschichte 960-1100
	947-1644
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Military history.
Added Title	Sung's foreign relations with Kitan Liao
Other Form:	Print version: Wright, David Curtis, 1960- From war to diplomatic parity in eleventh-century China. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005 (DLC) 2005042194
ISBN	9781429453462 (electronic book)
	142945346X (electronic book)
	1433706326
	9781433706325
	9789004144569 (alkaline paper)
	9004144560 (alkaline paper)
	9004144560 (alkaline paper)