Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 307 pages)
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illustrations, map
ISBN:
9780691213149
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0691213143
Series Statement:
Princeton studies in international history and politics
Content:
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."
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-291) and index
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Ch. 1. Strategic Culture: A Critique -- Ch. 2. Some Questions of Methodology -- Ch. 3. Chinese Strategic Culture and the Parabellum Paradigm -- Ch. 4. Chinese Strategic Culture and Grand Strategic Preferences -- Ch. 5. A Return to Theory -- Ch. 6. The Parabellum Paradigm and the Ming Security Problematique -- Ch. 7. Chinese Strategic Culture and Ming Grand Strategic Choice -- Ch. 8. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Coding Procedures -- Appendix B: Terms Used to Describe Legitimate Actions Directed at an Adversary -- Appendix B: Terms Used to Describe Outcomes of Actions against an Adversary -- Appendix C: Map of Northern Border Areas in the Ming Period.
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Chiefly in English with some Chinese
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Johnston, Alastair I Cultural realism Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1995 ISBN 0691029962
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
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Military Science
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