Tang China in Multi-Polar Asia : A History of Diplomacy and WarUsing a synthetic narrative approach, this ambitious work uses the lens of multipolarity to analyze Tang Chinas (618907) relations with Turkestan; the Korean states of Kogury, Silla, and Paekche; the state of Parhae in Manchuria; and the Nanzhao and Tibetan kingdoms. Without any one entity able to dominate Asias geopolitical landscape, the author argues that relations among these countries were quite fluid and dynamican interpretation that departs