Peaceful War : How the Chinese Dream and the American Destiny Create a New Pacific World Order

Mendis, Patrick

University Press of America（2013/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 318 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780761861874
• DDC分類 327.51073

Full Description

Peaceful War is an epic analysis of the unfolding drama between the clashing forces of the Chinese dream and American destiny. Just as the American experiment evolved, Deng Xiaoping's China has been using "Hamiltonian means to Jeffersonian ends" and borrowed the idea of the American Dream as a model for China's rise. The Chinese dream, as reinvented by President Xi Jinping, continues Deng's experiment into the twenty-first century. With a possible "fiscal cliff" in America and a "social cliff" in China, the author revisits the history of Sino-American relations to explore the prospects for a return to the long-forgotten Beijing-Washington love affair launched in the trade-for-peace era. President Barack Obama's Asia pivot strategy and the new Silk Road plan of President Xi could eventually create a pacific New World Order of peace and prosperity for all. The question is: will China ultimately evolve into a democratic nation by rewriting the American Dream in Chinese characters, and how might this transpire?

Contents

Figures
Dedication
Foreword by Prof. Jack Goldstone, George Mason University

Prologue: Sino-American Relations
A Sino-American Journey

Part One: Pacific Renaissance
1.The American Dream in China

Part Two: Nature's God and the Mandate of Heaven
2.One Vision, Two Philosophies
3.From the Forbidden City to the Federal City

Part Three: The Great Drama in the Indo-Pacific Region
4.China's Manifest Destiny in the Indian Ocean
5.The Ménluó Doctrine and the Asia Pivot Policy
6.The String of Pearls and the Colombo Consensus

Part Four: Chinese Destiny in America
7.Birth of a Pacific New World Order

Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Author
Praise