The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy / Edward N. Luttwak.

Author/creator Luttwak, Edward
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.
Descriptionpages cm
Subjects

Contents The fallacy of unresisted aggrandizement -- Premature assertiveness -- "Great-state autism" defined -- Historical residues in Chinese conduct -- The coming geo-economic resistance to the rise of China -- China's aggrandizement and global reactions -- The inevitable analogy -- Could China adopt a successful grand strategy? -- The strategic un-wisdom of the ancients -- Strategic competence: the historical record -- The inevitability of mounting resistance -- Why current policies will persist -- Who will resist? Australia: weaving a coalition -- Japan: disengaging from disengagement -- Defiant Vietnam: the newest American ally? -- South Korea: a model Tianxia subordinate? -- Mongolia: northern outpost of the coalition? -- Indonesia: from ostracism to coalition? -- The Philippines: how to make enemies -- Norway: Norway? Norway! -- The three China policies of the United States -- Conclusions, assumptions, findings, predictions, envoi.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012007972
ISBN9780674066427 (alk. paper)
ISBN0674066421 (alk. paper)