Peace, War, and Trade Along the Great Wall: Nomadic-Chinese Interaction through Two Millenia

Peace, War, and Trade Along the Great Wall: Nomadic-Chinese Interaction through Two Millenia by Jagchid, Sechin. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780253331878.

In 1577, during a great court debate over the formulation of chinas policy toward its nomadic neighbors, the Ming scholar-official Feng Feng-shih observed: "When there are markets and tribute, there is no war." For two millennia, tension between nomad and chinese along Chinas northern frontier threatened to erupt into war, and for two millennia, the essential element determining whether peace or war existed was trade. This fascinating book tells the story of the centuries-long confrontation along the Great Wall of China.