Contest for Supremacy : China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia
ISBN: 9780393343892 | 0393343898
Edition: 00Format: Trade Paper
Publisher: W W NORTON
Pub. Date: 10/17/2012
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There may be no denying China's growing economic strength, but its impact on the global balance of power remains hotly contested. Political scientist Aaron L. Friedberg argues that our nation's leaders are failing to act expeditiously enough to counter China's growing strength. He explains how the United States and China define their goals and reveals the strategies each is now employing to achieve its ends. Friedberg demonstrates in this provocative book that the ultimate aim of Chinese policymakers is to "win without fighting," displacing the... MORE
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Introduction A Contest for Supremacy | p. 1 |
| Means of Ascent | p. 9 |
| Roots of Rivalry | p. 36 |
| From Containment to Alignment | p. 58 |
| "Congagement" | p. 88 |
| "The Propensity of Things" | p. 120 |
| "Hide Our Capabilities and Bide Our Time" | p. 142 |
| "To Win without Fighting" | p. 156 |
Aaron L. Friedberg is a professor at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School and a former deputy assistant for national security affairs in the Office of the Vice President. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
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