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Great Wall and the Empty Fortress : Chinas Search for Security

Great Wall and the Empty Fortress : Chinas Search for Security Paperback - 1998

by Andrew J. Nathan; Robert S. Ross

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In June 1997 China will retake control of Hong Kong from Great Britain, an event certain to generate tension over a free press, a representative legislature, and other democratic institutions now in place. In this insightful, authoritative analysis, the authors examine Chinese foreign policy, from Mao to the present, as a search for security with motives similar to those of other states. Maps.

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Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 1998. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Great Wall and the Empty Fortress : Chinas Search for Security
  • Author Andrew J. Nathan; Robert S. Ross
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Acceptable
  • Pages 290
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., New York, Ny
  • Date 1998
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0393317846I5N00
  • ISBN 9780393317848 / 0393317846
  • Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.22 x 5.51 x 0.77 in (20.88 x 14.00 x 1.96 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - Chinese
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97006385
  • Dewey Decimal Code 355.033

First line

CHINA IS A vast country that some think will rival America as a superpower in the next century, yet it is militarily backward and obsessed with preserving its territorial integrity.