Great Wall of China 221 BC-AD 1644 Book

Introduction: raiding and trading     4
Chronology     8
Design and development     9
The Great Wall and its builders
The construction of the Great Wall
The structural and architectural features of the Great Wall
The Great Wall as a strategic defensive system     30
Mobile enemies and static defences
The Ming Great Wall - a ridge too far?
The Great Wall at the operational level     36
Defending the Great Wall
Signalling and intelligence gathering
Artillery on the Great Wall
The Great Wall from end to end     41
The living site     49
Life and death on the Great Wall
Guarding the Great Wall
Operational history     52
From boredom to battles
The Great Wall in modern warfare
Aftermath: the Great Wall as a symbol     58
The Great Wall today     59
Bibliography     63
Index     64