Cultural Realism Strategic Culture and Grand Strategy in Chinese History

Name: Cultural Realism Strategic Culture and Grand Strategy in Chinese History
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ISBN: 9780691002392

ISBN-10: 0691002398

ISBN-13: 9780691002392

Edition: 1995

Authors: Alastair Iain Johnston

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Cultural Realismis 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…

Book details

List price: $48.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 8/16/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



List of Figures and Tables


Preface



Strategic Culture: A Critique



Some Questions of Methodology



Chinese Strategic Culture and the Parabellum Paradigm



Chinese Strategic Culture and Grand Strategic Preferences



A Return to Theory



The Parabellum Paradigm and the Ming Security Problematique



Chinese Strategic Culture and Ming Grand Strategic Choice



Conclusion



Coding Procedures



Terms Used to Describe Legitimate Actions Directed at an Adversary



Terms Used to Describe Outcomes of Actions against an Adversary



Map of Northern Border Areas in the Ming Period


References


Index