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Cultural Realism
Alastair Iain Johnston
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Description for Cultural Realism
Paperback. Sets out to answer two empirical questions. Is there a substantively consistent and temporally persistent Chinese strategic culture? If so, to what extent has it influenced China's approaches to security? This work focuses on the Ming dynasty's grand strategy against the Mongols (1368-1644). Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map 27 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBLL; JFC; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
Cultural Realism is an in-depth study of premodern Chinese strategic thought that has important implications for contemporary international relations theory. In applying a Western theoretical debate to China, Iain Johnston advances rigorous procedures for testing for the existence and influence of "strategic culture." Johnston sets out to answer two empirical questions. Is there a substantively consistent and temporally persistent Chinese strategic culture? If so, to what extent has it influenced China's approaches to security? The focus of his study is the Ming dynasty's grand strategy against the Mongols (1368-1644). First Johnston examines ancient military texts as sources of Chinese strategic ... Read more
Cultural Realism is an in-depth study of premodern Chinese strategic thought that has important implications for contemporary international relations theory. In applying a Western theoretical debate to China, Iain Johnston advances rigorous procedures for testing for the existence and influence of "strategic culture." Johnston sets out to answer two empirical questions. Is there a substantively consistent and temporally persistent Chinese strategic culture? If so, to what extent has it influenced China's approaches to security? The focus of his study is the Ming dynasty's grand strategy against the Mongols (1368-1644). First Johnston examines ancient military texts as sources of Chinese strategic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
Condition
New
Weight
481g
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691002392
SKU
V9780691002392
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About Alastair Iain Johnston
Alastair Iain Johnston is Assistant Professor of Government and teaches Chinese foreign policy and international relations at Harvard University.
Reviews for Cultural Realism
"If Johnston's analysis of China's strategic culture is correct
and I believe that it is
generational change will not guarantee a kinder, gentler China."
Warren I. Cohen, The Atlantic Monthly "[Cultural Realism] contends that the Chinese are no less concerned with the use of military power than any other civilization
a point that scholars have traditionally disputed because, as Johnston demonstrates, they misread the ... Read more
and I believe that it is
generational change will not guarantee a kinder, gentler China."
Warren I. Cohen, The Atlantic Monthly "[Cultural Realism] contends that the Chinese are no less concerned with the use of military power than any other civilization
a point that scholars have traditionally disputed because, as Johnston demonstrates, they misread the ... Read more