Great Wall China Against the World, 1000 Bc - AD 2000

"There is an agreeable iconoclasm at work throughout [THE GREAT WALL], often insightful and wittily expressed. Few stones are left unturned: what the wall meant for imperial finances is discussed, as are the human costs incurred during its construction....[Lovell's] treatment of the human foibles and high statecraft at work in the long sweep of China's frontier history sheds light on some of the apparent contradictions of contemporary China."Lovell, Julia is the author of 'Great Wall China Against the World, 1000 Bc - AD 2000', published 2006 under ISBN 9780802118141 and ISBN 0802118143.