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On China

Door Henry Kissinger

Categorie
Azië
Boeknummer
#371426-XO5
Titel
On China
Auteur
Kissinger, Henry
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Penguin Books
Jaar van uitgave
2011
ISBN10
1846143462
ISBN13
9781846143465
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original red boards, dust jacket, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
For the first time in a full length book Henry Kissinger writes about the 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 21st-century world. The unique conditions under which China developed continue to shape its policies and attitudes toward the outside world. For millennia China rarely encountered other societies of comparable size and sophistication. It was the "Middle Kingdom," treating people on its periphery as vassal states. At the same time, Chinese statesmen - facing ... (Lees verder)threats of invasion from without, and the contests of competing factions within - developed a canon of strategic thought that emphasized longterm structural advantage rather than absolute victory, and that prized the virtues of subtlety, patience, and indirection over feats of martial prowess. With the enduring institutions of Chinese statecraft and civilization clearly in mind Kissinger examines key episodes in China's history from the earliest days through the 20th century. The book provides a sweeping historical perspective on Chinese foreign policy. Henry Kissinger, the legendary ex-US Secretary of State, presents his ideas on the worlds foremost emerging superpower. It is the first book about China by the man more responsible than any other for opening it to the West.
Pagina's
577
Conditie
Goed — Name on first free endpaper.
Prijs
€ 15,00

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