| Description |
xiii, 307 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Princeton studies in international history and politics |
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Princeton studies in international history and politics.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-291) and index |
| Subject |
National security -- China.
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Strategic culture -- China.
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| SUBJECT |
China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024072
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China -- History, Military.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86001944
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China -- Military policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114647
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| LC no. |
95003105 |
| ISBN |
0691029962 |
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