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Arminio, Joseph A. Precedent for Peace: Ancient China's Strategy & a Plan for the Prevention of World War
Montchanin, Del. Intrepid Press 096449910X / 9780964499102 Paperback
Book Description&newline; PRECEDENT FOR PEACE marshals history for a vital purpose. Part I sets down for the first time in detail The Grand Strategy of the Han Empire, circa 209-106 B. C. Part II offers the lengthy application, which involves several elements, a warning that peace slips away in the 1990s; a plan that purports to arrest and consolidate peace; and proof that the plan will indeed succeed. Ancient China was on the supreme issue of war and peace like a microcosm of the present world. The Han statesmen were astonishingly successful peace-makers. Sun Tzu's THE ART OF WAR is shown to have met extraordinary practitioners. So skilled and humane was Liu Pang, founder of the Han Empire and hero of Part I, that the British historian Arnold Toynbee ranked him as the greatest statesman in the whole of history, certainly superior to Augustus Caesar. But American policy abroad falls far short of the Han standard. Indeed a new evil is congealing. We find ourselves face to face with a ! Hydra. The heads include Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, and others. If we are to liberaste more of the planet, let alone avoid massive war, we must correct our course-and do it now! But how? By the settlement of just grievances, the skilled positioning of forces, the deployment of novel global defenses. Let us, in short, earn peace the Han way.; 383 pages
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Bartlett, Beatrice S. Monarchs and Ministers: the Grand Council in Mid-Ch'ing China 1723-1820
University Of California Press 0520086457 / 9780520086456 Paperback
R. Kent Guy, Journal of Asian Studies: A major work. . . . The value of Monarchs and Ministers lies not only in the accomplishments it culminates, but in the new research directions it suggests. . . . It will be the standard work in eighteenth-century history for many years to come. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. : From the Back Cover: No one in the West knows the archives of China's last dynasty better than Professor Bartlett. Monarchs and Ministers affords us one of the first truly informed views of imperial Chinese policy-making from the inside. (Frederic Wakeman, University of California, Berkeley) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.; 417 pages
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Bernstein, Richard Coming Conflict with China, The
New York Knopf 0679454632 / 9780679454632 First Edition Hardcover
Amazon.com: Richard Bernstein and Ross H. Munro have pooled their extensive experience observing China to produce a shocking account of what they believe will be the the major global rivalry in the first decades of the twenty-first century, the rivalry that will force other countries to take sides. The authors describe an inevitable conflict between an aggressive and expansionist China that sees itself as the rightful arbiter of power in Asia and a naive and unprepared United States that has already entered three wars in the last half century to prevent any single country's domination of Asia. In previously unpublished reports of Chinese news sources, Bernstein and Munro thoroughly document how the Chinese press portrays the United States as the Enemy in no uncertain terms. : Like Alastair Iain Johnston's superb study of Chinese military culture, Cultural Realism, Bernstein and Munro do not stoop to unfair characterization of the Chinese culture or the Chinese people. The grounds for their thesis--that the United States and China are on a collision course over strategic national goals--are well documented in their book. Their argument is particularly strong in its consideration of how China can use its economic influence to curb other nations such as Japan and South Korea. Certain to be the most controversial book published on the subject of Sino-American relations for some time, The Coming Conflict with China makes for a thrilling, troubling read. : From Library Journal: The alarming sound of this book's title rings the second coming of the Cold War. Bernstein and Munro, both seasoned journalists, predict an inevitable conflict with China, which has become the world's second most powerful nation since the Soviet Union's collapse. With detailed documentation and analysis of Chinese foreign and domestic policies as well as the Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1996, the authors argue that China is no longer a strategic friend of the United States but a formidable enemy. China's intention to play a more active role in Asian affairs is presented here as a threat to U. S. Political and economic interests. The book raises important concerns about the direction of China's rapid development and America's lack of a clear and consistent policy toward Sino-American relations. Recommended for academic libraries. ? Mark Meng, St. John's Univ. Lib. , New York: Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.; 245 pages
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Blunden, Caroline Cultural Atlas of China
New York, N. Y. Facts On File 0871961326 / 9780871961327 Hardcover
Amazon.com: For all the importance of China to world history and contemporary affairs alike, Western readers lack for general overviews of the country. This oversize, heavily illustrated atlas goes a long way to fill that gap. The authors, both specialists in Chinese history, begin with a description of the physiographic regions of China, a complex series of environments whose rivers, valleys, and mountains have conditioned the growth of cities and empires over thousands of years. They move on to a detailed account of Chinese history from the Paleolithic to the present, deftly negotiating the complexities of dynastic lines and multiple kingships and surveying the growth of the modern, postimperial Chinese state, forged in warfare and under considerable hardship. Finally, the authors examine the arts for which China is justly famous, calligraphy, architecture, and cooking among them. The authors take care to explain many of the realities of contemporary Chinese society by noting past events. China has always been open to outside influences, they write, but foreign invasions beginning with the medieval Mongol and Manchu conquests have also led China to guard its frontiers jealously; even today, in a time when foreign investment is courted, China keeps a certain distance from outsiders. Chinese intellectual and cultural assimilation of the West during the present century, they note, has been extremely selective, concentrating almost entirely on the most recent times and showing no interest in the Western Middle Ages and only the most marginal interest in Western antiquity. With so much history of its own, as this volume well summarizes, China's apparent lack of interest in the outside world of long ago is understandable. --Gregory McNamee--This text refers to the : Hardcover edition. : Book Description: Western civilization has only recently tapped into the ancient wisdom of Chinese enlightenment, from alternative medicines to spiritual balance and so much more. Cultural Atlas of China embodies the history, geography, and uniqueness of the world's oldest civilization, providing readers with a guided tour of this momentous kingdom. This revised edition has been updated to include: a completely updated and expanded bibliography; coverage of Chinese environmental problems, Taiwan, and the Chinese Diaspora; new maps and photographs. --This text refers to the : Hardcover edition.; Cultural Atlas Series; 237 pages
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Buchanan, Keith M China
New York Random House Value Publishing 0517544946 / 9780517544945 Hardcover
Language Notes&newline; Text: English, Italian (translation) ; 519 pages
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Butterfield, Fox China: Alive in the Bitter Sea
New York, N. Y. Crown 0812909275 / 9780812909272 Hardcover
ABOUT THE BOOK: China: Alive in the Bitter Sea: ANNOTATION: Covers every aspect of Chinese life: from farm to industry, education, to politics. Penetrates the soul of this intricate and mysterious nation. ; 468 pages
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Byron, John The Claws of the Dragon: Kang Sheng - the Evil Genius Behind Mao - and His Legacy of Terror in People's China
New York Simon & Schuster 0671695371 / 9780671695378 First Edition Hardcover
From Publishers Weekly: Based on material smuggled out of the People's Republic, this is a first-class biography of Mao's hatchet man, China's counterpart to Stalin's Beria. Kang Sheng (1898-1975) was the godfather of the 1960s-1970s Cultural Revolution, during which hundreds of thousands of Chinese were slaughtered in the name of land reform and other exercises in social engineering. Byron and Pack describe how Kang's obsession with power drove him to betray his high-level comrades until, near the end of his life, he effected a masterpiece of treachery against Mao's former wife, Jiang Qing, Kang's closest associate and longtime protegee. He charged her with treason. The authors' detailed indictment of Kang is devastating: they contend that he transformed China into a world of cruelty bereft of almost every trace of human sympathy. Portrait of a major historical monster whose legacy is still evident in the People's Republic, this is crucial reading for students of modern China. Byron is the pseudonym of a veteran Western diplomat; Pack coauthored Speaking Out with Larry Speakes. : Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. : From Library Journal: Kang was China's equivalent to the Soviet Union's Beria, internal security chief and master spy. By the nature of his work--political intrigue, assassination, murder--the covert life of a man like Kang does not easily yield its details to a biographer. But Byron (pseudonym of a Western diplomat stationed in Beijing) and collaborator Pack have overcome the obstacles to write a masterful study of Chairman Mao Tse-Tung's evil genius. While the plotting, treachery, shifting alliances, and sexual entanglements make for a gripping tale, this book is far more than a spy thriller. Byron knows China's history, its politics, language, and ways, and this sure familiarity with the broader background gives the book a solid ring of authenticity. The book reprises much of the same territory as Roger Failgot and Remi Kauffer's The Chinese Secret Service (Morrow, 1989) , a competent book by non-China specialists. The Claws of the Dragon is clearly the better book. Recommended to specialists and general readers, though the latter may find the cast of characters--hundreds of them--daunting. : - John H. Boyle, California State Univ. , Chico: Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.; 560 pages
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Chien, Helen Hsieh (translator) The European Diary of Hsieh Fucheng: Envoy Extraordinary of Imperial China
New York St. Martin's Press 031207946X / 9780312079468 First Edition Hardcover
From Library Journal&newline; Hsieh Fucheng (1838-90) was one of the officials of Imperial China who tried to reform Chinese government and society. A number of Hsieh's ideas on reform are outlined in this edited journal, as are some of his diplomatic accomplishments while he served as envoy to Europe, but what makes this diary fascinating is its view of Western culture from an outsider's position. For example, Hsieh notes that Christianity is much like Confucianism, but the Old and New Testaments &doublequote; are filled with tales of superstition so incredible that even a small child cannot believe them to be the truth. &doublequote; This first English-language publication of Hsieh's diary, translated by his great-granddaughter and introduced and annotated by Douglas Howland (history, DePaul Univ. ) , should be in academic and large public libraries with strong Chinese history collections. &newline; - Dennis L. Noble, Lewistown P. L. , Mont. &newline; Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.; 224 pages
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Ching, Julia Probing China's Soul: Religion, Politics, and the Protest in the People's Republic
San Francisco Harpercollins 0062501399 / 9780062501394 Hardcover
From Publishers Weekly: Relying on research sources in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Ching, who teaches at the University of Toronto, goes beyond Western newspaper headlines to present a graphic, invaluable picture of mainland China today. Tiananmen Square, she writes, was only one of the sites in the bloody military crackdown of June 1989; troops injured or killed thousands of Beijing residents, and there have been some 120, 000 arrests, with reports of torture. An expatriate who spent her formative years in China, Ching maintains that the dehumanization of the last four decades cannot be laid at the door of Confucius, whose teachings stressed benevolent government. She argues that Deng Xiaoping and his inner circle of octogenarians have alienated themselves from the Chinese people. Despite repression, old Buddhist and Taoist beliefs persist, she claims. Her superb account punctures the stereotype, still current among some China-watchers, that the Chinese people are somehow different from Westerners and not ready for democracy. : Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. : From School Library Journal: YA-- By exploring China through its philosophies and politics, both traditional and Marxist, Ching attempts to come to terms with what has happened during last 40 years while reflecting upon a possible future. Some of the sources she quotes are mainland intellectuals who have been silenced, particularly those under arrest. There is an extensive bibliography of English and Asian language books and current newspapers and news magazines. Thorough endnotes that accompany each chapter add dimension to the book. Also included are a pronunciation guide, a timeline of China since 1949, and a chart clarifying the structure of the power in the People's Republic. The book opens with a review of the peaceful student demonstration in Tian'anmen Square and the brutal crackdown on the part of the Communist Party leaders. Ching's scholarly approach makes this book an excellent source for current events, trends in modern history, or comparative political systems. Her inquiry will make readers think and ponder not only China's soul but also its beliefs. --Dolores M. Steinhauer, Jefferson Sci-Tech, Alexandria, VA: Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.; 269 pages
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