Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Fathoming Consort Xian: Negotiated Power in the Liang, Chen, and Sui Dynasties

Chapter 3 Provincial Autonomy and Frontier Defense in Late Tang: The Case of the Lulong Army

Chapter 4 The Great Ditch of China and the Song-Liao Border

Chapter 5 In Pursuit of the Great Peace: Wang Dan and the Early Song Evasion of the “Just War” Doctrine

Chapter 7 Frustrated Empires: The Song-Tangut Xia War of 1038–44

Chapter 8 Treacherous Factions”: Shifting Frontier Alliances in the Breakdown of Sino-Vietnamese Relations on the Eve of the 1075 Border War

Chapter 9 From Battlefields to Counties: War, Border, and State Power in Southern Song Huainan

Chapter 10 People in the Middle: Uyghurs in the Northwest Frontier Zone