Book Detail
Title On China
Sub Title
Author(s)
Call No 951.327 KIS
Subject(s)
ISBN
Volume , , ,
Publisher Name Penguin Books
Publishing Year 2011
Edition 1st
Pages 586
Price 36.00 PKR
Text Language English
Available Yes, Accessions:[ 101752, 101753, 101809, 101810 ]
Description "In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book-length to a country he has known intimately for decades, and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape. Drawing on historical records as well as his conversations with Chinese leaders over the past forty years, Kissinger examines how China has approached diplomacy, strategy, and negotiation throughout its history, and reflects on the consequences for the global balance of power in the 21st centu
Keywords World politics-21st century; China-Foreign relations-20th century; China-Foreign relations-21st century; singularity of China; China-Realpolitik and Sun Tzus Art of War; Kowtow question-opium war; Macartney mission-clash of two world orders-diplomacy; Using barbarians against barbarians; domestic upheavals-foreign encroachments-Managing decline; Japan-Korea-challenge; Boxer Uprising-new era of warring states; Mao-continuous revolution; Mao-great harmony; Mao-international relations; empty city stratagem-Chinese deterrence-quest for psychological advantage; China-continuous revolution-Chinese people; Triangular diplomacy-Korean Wa; Chinese Titoism; Kim Il-sung-outbreak of war; American intervention-resisting aggression; Chinese reactions-deterrence; Sino-American confrontation; China-confronts both superpowers; Taiwan Strait crisis; USA-Diplomatic interlude-United States; Mao-Khrushchev-Sino-Soviet split; Second Taiwan Strait crisis; decade of crises; great leap forward; Himalayan borde