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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790607203321

Autore

Mendis Patrick

Titolo

Peaceful war : how the Chinese dream and the American destiny create a new Pacific world order / / Patrick Mendis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : University Press of America, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-7618-6187-4

0-7618-6188-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Disciplina

951.38

Soggetti

National characteristics, Chinese

China Social conditions 2000-

China Social life and customs 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Peaceful War; CONTENTS; Figures; Foreword; Prologue: Sino-American Relations; A Sino-American Journey; Part One: Pacific Renaissance; 1. The American Dream in China; Part Two: Nature's God and the Mandate of Heaven; 2. One Vision, Two Philosophies; 3. From the Forbidden City to the Federal City; Part Three: The Great Drama in the Indo-Pacific Region; 4. China's Manifest Destiny in the Indian Ocean; 5. The Ménluó Doctrine and the Asia Pivot Policy; 6. The String of Pearls and the Colombo Consensus; Part Four: Chinese Destiny in America; 7. Birth of a Pacific New World Order; Notes

BibliographyIndex; Acknowledgements; Author; Praise

Sommario/riassunto

Peaceful War is an epic narrative of the unfolding drama between the inevitable forces of the "Chinese dream" and the American destiny set in motion by Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping.