
Global Security Watch-China
Richard Weitz(Author)
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 10. July 2013
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-0-313-38482-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents a comprehensive overview of China's main foreign and defense policies, providing students, policy makers, and general readers with an up-to-date assessment of this most important country.
Global Security Watch-China presents a comprehensive overview of the main foreign and defense policies of the People's Republic of China, emphasizing the political-military developments in the modern era since the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident. It provides a historical overview in the first chapter, followed by information on the domestic factors that affect Chinese national security, such as economics, society, and politics; China's external objectives; its global energy strategy; and its defense policies and security objectives.
Drawing upon a wide variety of domestic and foreign primary sources, the work details China's policies and its relationships with the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia, and Eurasia. It includes biographical sketches of select individuals of importance to modern Chinese history, such as Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Appropriate for audiences ranging from university students to policy makers to general readers, this book is an excellent resource for academic libraries and suitable as a textbook for courses on contemporary Chinese politics and international relations.
Global Security Watch-China presents a comprehensive overview of the main foreign and defense policies of the People's Republic of China, emphasizing the political-military developments in the modern era since the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident. It provides a historical overview in the first chapter, followed by information on the domestic factors that affect Chinese national security, such as economics, society, and politics; China's external objectives; its global energy strategy; and its defense policies and security objectives.
Drawing upon a wide variety of domestic and foreign primary sources, the work details China's policies and its relationships with the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia, and Eurasia. It includes biographical sketches of select individuals of importance to modern Chinese history, such as Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Appropriate for audiences ranging from university students to policy makers to general readers, this book is an excellent resource for academic libraries and suitable as a textbook for courses on contemporary Chinese politics and international relations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
493 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-38482-0 (9780313384820)
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Person
Richard Weitz, PhD, is senior fellow and director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at Hudson Institute, based in Washington, DC.
Content
Preface
Chapter 1: China Ascending
Chapter 2: Military Power
Chapter 3: China in Its Asian Neighborhood
Chapter 4: China and the Wider World
Chapter 5: Global Security Issues
Appendix A: Biographies
Appendix B: Chronology
Bibliography
Index
Chapter 1: China Ascending
Chapter 2: Military Power
Chapter 3: China in Its Asian Neighborhood
Chapter 4: China and the Wider World
Chapter 5: Global Security Issues
Appendix A: Biographies
Appendix B: Chronology
Bibliography
Index