Bibliograph

Defending heaven, China's Mongol wars, 1209-1370, James Waterson; foreword by John Man

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Defending heaven, China's Mongol wars, 1209-1370, James Waterson; foreword by John Man

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227) and index

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illustrationsplates

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Defending heaven

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

867050468

Responsibility statement

James Waterson; foreword by John Man

Sub title

China's Mongol wars, 1209-1370

Table Of Contents

Heaven inverted: China on the eve of the Mongol invasion -- Bystanders to destruction: the Mongol reduction of northern China -- All under heaven: Song's long war begins -- Feeding the beast: Song resistance on the Yangzi and Huai and the end of the Mongol world empire -- Rumors of a war: court politics and the War of Attrition -- A Chinese civil war? The fall of Fancheng and Xiangyang -- Horses on heaven's wide plain: the loss of Hangzhou and the flight of the Song court -- Child emperors and suicides: the end of the Song dynasty -- 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

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adult

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