Looking for Balance: China, the United States, and Power Balancing in East Asia

by Steve Chan

Book Overview

Debate surrounding "China's rise," and the prospects of its possible challenge to America's preeminence, has focused on two questions: whether the United States should "contain" or "engage" China; and whether the rise of Chinese power has inclined other East Asian states to "balance" against Beijing by alignment with the United States or ramping up their military expenditures.

By drawing on alternative theoretic approaches--most especially...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080478860X
• ISBN13: 9780804788601
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"