Beyond Power Transitions: The Lessons of East A, Kang, Ma*.

Columbia University Press

Beyond Power TransitionsThe Lessons of East Asian History and the Future of U.S.-China Relations\nAuthor(s): David Kang, Xinru Ma\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Columbia University Press, United States\nImprint: Columbia University Press\nISBN-13: 9780231205375, 978-0231205375\nSynopsis\nQuestions about the likelihood of conflict between the United States and China have dominated international policy discussion for years. But the leading theory of power transitions between a declining hegemon and a rising rival is based exclusively on European examples, such as the Peloponnesian War, as chronicled by Thucydides, as well as the rise of Germany under Bismarck and the Anglo-German rivalry of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. What lessons does East Asian history offer, for both the power transitions debate and the future of [url] relations?\n\nExamining the rise and fall of East Asian powers over 1,500 years, Beyond Power Transitions offers a new perspective on the forces tha.