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Author Rudd, Kevin, 1957- author.

Title The avoidable war : the dangers of a catastrophic conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China / Kevin Rudd.

Publication Info. New York : PublicAffairs ; 2022.
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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  330.951 RUDD    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  330.951 RUDD    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  327.7305 RUDD    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  327.7305 RUDD    DUE 05-03-24
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  327.7305 RUDD    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  355.03 RU    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description viii, 420 pages ; 25 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Introduction: On the danger of war -- A short history of the US-China relationship -- The problem of distrust -- Understanding Xi Jinping's worldview : ten concentric circles of interest -- The first circle : the politics of staying in power -- The second circle : securing national unity -- The third circle : ensuring economic prosperity -- The fourth circle : making economic development environmentally sustainable -- The fifth circle : modernizing the military -- The sixth circle : managing China's neighborhood -- The seventh circle : securing China's maritime periphery--the Western Pacific, the Indo-Pacific, and the Quad -- The eighth circle : going west--the Belt and Road Initiative -- The ninth circle : increasing Chinese leverage across Europe, Africa, and Latin American and gaining and Arctic foothold -- The tenth circle : changing the global rules-based order -- America's emerging strategic response to Xi Jinping's China -- Xi Jinping's China in the 2020s : the politics of the Twentieth Party Congress -- The decade of living dangerously : alternative futures for US-China relations -- Navigating an uncertain future : the case for managed strategic competition -- Epilogue.
Summary "A war between China and the US would be catastrophic, deadly, and destructive. Unfortunately, it is no longer unthinkable. The relationship between the US and China, the world's two superpowers, is peculiarly volatile. It rests on a seismic fault--of cultural misunderstanding, historical grievance, and ideological incompatibility. No other nations are so quick to offend and be offended. Their militaries play a dangerous game of chicken, corporations steal intellectual property, intelligence satellites peer, and AI technicians plot. The capacity for either country to cross a fatal line grows daily." -- Publisher marketing.
Subject United States -- Foreign relations -- China -- 21st century.
China -- Foreign relations -- United States -- 21st century.
Geopolitics -- China -- 21st century.
Geopolitics -- United States -- 21st century.
National security -- United States.
National security -- China.
International relations.
United States -- Economic policy.
China -- Economic policy.
United States -- History.
China -- History.
International relations. (OCoLC)fst00977053
Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
Economic policy. (OCoLC)fst00902025
Geopolitics. (OCoLC)fst00941045
National security. (OCoLC)fst01033711
China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title Dangers of a catastrophic conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
ISBN 9781541701298 (hardcover)
1541701291 (hardcover)
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