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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Lorge, Peter Allan (1967-....)
Titre(s) : The Reunification of China [Texte imprimé] : Peace through War under the Song Dynasty / Peter Lorge, ...
Publication : Cambridge (GB) : Cambridge University Press, 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-299 p.) : maps ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 287-292. Index
"The song dynasty (960-1279) has been characterized by its pre-eminent civil culture
and military weakness. This ground-breaking work demonstrates that the civil dominance
of the eleventh century was the product of a half-century of continuous warfare and
ruthless political infighting. The spectacular culture of the eleventh century, one
of the high points in Chinese history, was built on the bloody foundation of the conquests
of the tenth century. Peter Lorge examines how, rather than a planned and inevitable
reunification of the Chinese empire, the foundation of the Song was an uncertain undertaking,
dependent upon highly contigent battles, both military and political, whose outcome
was always in doubt. Song civil culture grew out of the successful military campaigns
that created the dynasty, and, as the need for war and armies diminished, the need
for civil officials grew. The Song dynasty's successful waging of war led ultimately
to peace."--Jacket flap
Sujet(s) : Guerre et société -- Chine -- Moyen âge
Politique et gouvernement -- Chine -- 960-1279
Chine -- 960-1279 (Dynastie des Song)
Indice(s) Dewey :
951.024 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Chine - 0960-1279
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107084759 (erroné). - ISBN 110708475X (erroné). - ISBN 9781107446793 (br.).
- ISBN 1107446791 (erroné). - ISBN 9781316435113 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47071897j
Notice n° :
FRBNF47071897
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction: The demilitarization of the Song founding ; War and person politics
; Conquest by war and negotiation ; The Liao perspective on war with the Song ; war
and the creation of the Northern Song ; Historiography, methodology, and Song military
and political history: Politics and historiography ; Song political history ; Song
history and Song military history ; War and politics; Conclusion ; The pivot of the
tenth century: The Northern Han invasion (12 March - 24 april 954) ; The Battle of
Gaoping (24 April 954) ; Aftermath and follow-up (3 May - 30 July 954) ; Military
reorganization ; The Zhou imperial army ; The Imperial Guard ; The Palace Corps ;
The Imperial Guard ; The attack on the Northern Han ; The Zhou strategy for reunification
of China ; The campaign against Shu (24 May - 30 December 955) ; Rebuilding the empire:
The Huainan campaign (January 956 - April 957) ; Shizong returns for a third time
; The Sixteen Perfectures campaign (29 April - 27 July 959) ; The final act of the
Zhou: Gongdi's brief reign ; The army and the creation of the Song dynasty: Donning
a yellow robe at Chen Bridge Station ; The rebellion of Li Yun (10 May - 15 July 960)
; The rebellion of Li Zhongjin (15 October - 2 December 960) ; Dissolving military
power with a cup of wine ; The campaign against Chu and Jingnan (1 February - 6 April
963) ; The myth of the "south-first" strategy ; ersonal politics and the campaigns
of conquest: The first campaign against the Northern Han (30 July 963 - 16 March 964)
; The Song campaign against Shu (8 December 964 - 11 February 965) ; The Northern
front ; Trouble in Chengdu ; The second campaign against the Northern Han (10 September
968 - 3 July 969) ; The campaign against the Southern Han (3 October 970 - 22 March
971) ; Separating war and politics: The campaign against the Southern Tang (6 October
974 - 5 January 976) ; The third campaign against the Northern Han, and the death
of Song Taizu (9 September 976 - 3 January 977) ; Succession ; Fighting to become
emperor: The Northern Han campaign (4 February - 19 June 979) ; The Sixteen Perfectures
campaign (26 June 26-1 August 979) (sic) ; The battle at Gaoliang river ( 1 August
979) ; Taizong on the defensive ; Stalemate ; Failure and rebellion: Taizong's second
Sixteen Perfectures campaign (20 February 986 - 18 June 986) ; The Liao on the offense
; The rebellion of Wang Xiaopo and Li Shun (23 March 993 - 2 April 995) ; Zhang Yu
takes over ; The end of the beginning: The SongTangut war ; Song hydraulic defense
system ; Liao foreign policy ( 986-1005) ; The Liao invasion and Zhenzong's first
campaign (12 October 999 - 29 February 1000) ; The Liao campaign of 1001 (20 October
- 22 November 1001) ; The Liao campaign of 1002 ; The Liao campaign of 1003 ; The
Chanyuan campaign (24 September 1004 - 21 January 1005) ; The Chanyuan Covenant ;
War by other means ; Conclusion: Changing nature and use of war ; Separating politics
and war ; War, politics, and the final act of the founding.
