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Luttwak, Edward.

The rise of China vs. the logic of strategy / Edward N. Luttwak. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012. - ix, 310 pages ; 20 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 9780674066427 (alk. paper) 0674066421 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2012007972

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Geopolitics--China.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
China--Strategic aspects.
China--Military policy.
China--Foreign relations--1976-

LC Class. No.: UA835 / L87 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 355/.033551