Us Vs China - Asia''s New Cold War?

An accessible survey of Sino-American relations in Asia, which analyses the complex interactions between the two powers and asks whether conflict is inevitable.

List of contents

1 Introduction: America's Pacific century?

Part I: Is US-China conflict inevitable?
2 China: a doomed and distorted growth model?
3 Can China rise peacefully?
4 America's exceptional empire

Part II: Containment without Russia?
5 Russia: facing west or east

Part III: Containment from the east
6 The rise of Japanese nationalism
7 The USS Taiwan?
8 Korea: divided nation, divided allegiances

Part IV: Containment from the southern seas
9 Asia's Mediterranean
10 Turbulent seas
11 The courting of Vietnam
12 Thailand and Myanmar: shifting loyalties

Part V: Containment from south and west
13 Winning over India
14 Tibet and the Sino-Indian borders
15 Losing Central Asia

16 Conclusion: the sword or the spirit?

Select bibliography
Index

About the author

Jude Woodward is a writer and lecturer on China. Until 2012 she was a Visiting Professor in the Antai School of Business, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and she continues to visit and lecture in China regularly.

Summary

An accessible survey of Sino-American relations in Asia, which analyses the complex interactions between the two powers and asks whether conflict is inevitable. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Jude Woodward
• Assisted by: Radhika Desai (Editor), Alan Freeman (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781526121998
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-2199-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Geopolitical Economy; Geopolitical Economy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education