Strong Borders, Secure Nation Cooperation and Conflict in China's Territorial Disputes

Name: Strong Borders, Secure Nation Cooperation and Conflict in China's Territorial Disputes
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ISBN: 9780691136097

ISBN-10: 0691136092

ISBN-13: 9780691136097

Edition: 2009

Authors: M. Taylor Fravel

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As China emerges as an international economic and military power, the world waits to see how the nation will assert itself globally. Yet, as M. Taylor Fravel shows inStrong Borders, Secure Nation, concerns that China might be prone to violent conflict over territory are overstated. The first comprehensive study of China's territorial disputes,Strong Borders, Secure Nationcontends that China over the past sixty years has been more likely to compromise in these conflicts with its Asian neighbors and less likely to use force than many scholars or analysts might expect. By developing theories of cooperation and escalation in territorial disputes, Fravel explains China's willingness to either…

Book details

List price: $51.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 9/14/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.21" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Tables


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction



Cooperation and Escalation in Territorial Disputes



Cooperation in Frontier Disputes in the 1960s



Cooperation in Frontier Disputes in the 1990s



Escalation in Frontier Disputes



Homeland Disputes



Offshore Island Disputes


Conclusion



Overview of China's Territorial Disputes


Bibliography


Index