The rise of China vs. the logic of strategy [electronic resource] / Edward N. Luttwak.
Luttwak, Edward.
2012
UA835 .L87 2012eb
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Title The rise of China vs. the logic of strategy [electronic resource] / Edward N. Luttwak.
Author Luttwak, Edward.
ISBN 9780674067936 electronic book
9780674066427
Imprint Cambridge, Mass, : Belknap Press, 2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (ix, 310 p.)
Call Number UA835 .L87 2012eb
Summary As the rest of the world worries about what a future might look like under Chinese supremacy, Edward Luttwak worries about China's own future prospects. Applying the logic of strategy for which he is well known, Luttwak argues that the most populous nation on Earth--and its second largest economy--may be headed for a fall. For any country whose rising strength cannot go unnoticed, the universal logic of strategy allows only military or economic growth. But China is pursuing both goals simultaneously. Its military buildup and assertive foreign policy have already stirred up resistance among its neighbors, just three of whom--India, Japan, and Vietnam--together outnumber China in population and wealth. Unless China's leaders check their own ambitions, a host of countries, which are already forming tacit military coalitions, will start to impose economic restrictions as well. Chinese leaders will find it difficult to choose between pursuing economic prosperity and increasing China's military strength. Such a change would be hard to explain to public opinion. Moreover, Chinese leaders would have to end their reliance on ancient strategic texts such as Sun Tzu's Art of War. While these guides might have helped in diplomatic and military conflicts within China itself, their tactics--such as deliberately provoking crises to force negotiations--turned China's neighbors into foes. To avoid arousing the world's enmity further, Luttwak advises, Chinese leaders would be wise to pursue a more sustainable course of economic growth combined with increasing military and diplomatic restraint.
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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.

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