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Harmony and War : Confucian Culture and Chinese Power Politics

by Yuan-kang Wang

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series Contemporary Asia in the World
ISBN-10 0231151403
ISBN-13 9780231151405
Publisher Columbia University Press
Imprint Columbia University Press
Country of Manufacture US
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Dec 15th, 2010
Print length 328 Pages
Weight 670 grams
Dimensions 22.90 x 16.00 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification: Asian history
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Confucianism has shaped a certain perception of Chinese security strategy, symbolized by the defensive, nonaggressive Great Wall. Many believe China is antimilitary and reluctant to use force against its enemies. It practices pacifism and refrains from expanding its boundaries, even when nationally strong. In a path-breaking study traversing six centuries of Chinese history, Yuan-kang Wang resoundingly discredits this notion, recasting China as a practitioner of realpolitik and a ruthless purveyor of expansive grand strategies. Leaders of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) prized military force and shrewdly assessed the capabilities of China's adversaries. They adopted defensive strategies when their country was weak and pursued expansive goals, such as territorial acquisition, enemy destruction, and total military victory, when their country was strong. Despite the dominance of an antimilitarist Confucian culture, warfare was not uncommon in the bulk of Chinese history. Grounding his research in primary Chinese sources, Wang outlines a politics of power that are crucial to understanding China's strategies today, especially its policy of "peaceful development," which, he argues, the nation has adopted mainly because of its military, economic, and technological weakness in relation to the United States.

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