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Książka Harmony and War Yuan-Kang Wang

Harmony and War

Confucian Culture and Chinese Power Politics

Autor: Yuan-Kang Wang
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Twarda
Wydawca: Columbia University Press
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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356.78 zł
Confucianism has shaped a certain perception of Chinese security strategy, symbolized by the defensi...

Informacje o książce

Autor
Yuan-Kang Wang
Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Twarda
Data wydania
2010
strony
328
EAN
9780231151405
ISBN
0231151403
Enbook ID
04558846
Wydawca
Columbia University Press
Waga
574
Wymiary
160 x 229 x 27

Pełny opis

Confucianism has shaped a certain perception of Chinese security strategy, symbolized by the defensive, nonaggressive Great Wall. Many believe China is antimilitary and reluctant to use force against its enemies. It practices pacifism and refrains from expanding its boundaries, even when nationally strong. In a path-breaking study traversing six centuries of Chinese history, Yuan-kang Wang resoundingly discredits this notion, recasting China as a practitioner of realpolitik and a ruthless purveyor of expansive grand strategies. Leaders of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) prized military force and shrewdly assessed the capabilities of China's adversaries. They adopted defensive strategies when their country was weak and pursued expansive goals, such as territorial acquisition, enemy destruction, and total military victory, when their country was strong. Despite the dominance of an antimilitarist Confucian culture, warfare was not uncommon in the bulk of Chinese history. Grounding his research in primary Chinese sources, Wang outlines a politics of power that are crucial to understanding China's strategies today, especially its policy of "peaceful development," which, he argues, the nation has adopted mainly because of its military, economic, and technological weakness in relation to the United States.

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