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Defending heaven : China's Mongol wars, 1209-1370 / James Waterson ; foreword by John Man.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Waterson, James, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mongols--China--History.
- Mongols.
- China--History--Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368.
- China.
- China--History--Jin dynasty, 1115-1234.
- China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
- China--History--Song dynasty, 960-1279.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxiv, 236 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : black and white illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Frontline Books, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Defending Heaven brings together, for the first time in one volume, a complete history of the Jin, Song and Ming dynasties' wars fought against the Mongols. Lasting nearly two centuries, these wars, fought to defend Chinese civilization against a brutal and unrelenting foe, pitted personal heroics against the inexorable Mongol war machine and involved every part of the Chinese state. The resistance of the Chinese dynasties to the Khans is a complex and rich story of shifting alliances and political scheming, vast armies and navies, bloody battles and an astonishing technological revolution.
- Contents:
- 1. Heaven Inverted : China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasions
- 2. Bystanders to Destruction : The Mongol Reduction of Northern China
- 3. All Under Heaven : Song's Long War Begins
- 4. Feeding the Beast : Song Resistance on the Yangzi and Huai and the End of the Mongol World Empire
- 5. Rumours of a War : Court Politics and the War of Attrition
- 6. A Chinese Civil War? The Fall of Fancheng and Xiangyang
- 7. Horses on Heaven's Wide Plain : The Loss of Hangzhou and the Flight of the Song Court
- 8. Child Emperors and Suicides : The End of the Song Dynasty
- 9. The Phoenix and the Dragon : The Ghosts of the Song and the Fall of the Yuan
- Epilogue : A Poisoned Wound? China after the Expulsion of the Mongols.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781783464777
- 1783464771
- 9781783469437
- 1783469439
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