LEADER 01977nam 22004693 450 001 9911008911303321 005 20231108172226.0 010 $a9780844750323 010 $a0844750328 035 $a(CKB)4100000011490603 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6362018 035 $a(OCoLC)1202467938 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7222651 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7222651 035 $a(Perlego)3885050 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011490603 100 $a20231108d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe China nightmare $ethe grand ambitions of a decaying state /$fDan Blumenthal 210 1$aWashington, District of Columbia :$cAmerican Enterprise Institute,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (iii, 167 pages) $cmaps 311 08$a9780844750309 311 08$a0844750301 327 $aIntro -- Introduction -- 1. Big Ambitions -- 2. Why Global Centrality? -- 3. Deng's National Rejuvenation -- 4. Closing the Curtain -- 5. Recentralization of Dictatorship -- 6. Expansion -- 7. Weak Points -- 8. Implications for America -- Afterword: The China Nightmare and COVID-19 -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Notes 330 $aOnce the darling of U.S. statesmen, corporate elites, and academics, the People's Republic of China has evolved into America's most challenging strategic competitor. Its future appears dystopian. This book tells the story of how China got to this place and analyzes where it will go next and what that will mean for the future of U.S. strategy. 606 $aComparative government 615 0$aComparative government. 676 $a320.3 676 $a327.51073 700 $aBlumenthal$b Dan$01826369 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911008911303321 996 $aThe China nightmare$94394343 997 $aUNINA