Crouching Tiger: What China's Militarism Means for the World [Hardcover]

A Top Book of 2015 at The Globalist!?Provocative, chilling, and never more timely, Peter Navarro cleverly details Americas single greatest foreign-policy challenge today: that of a rising China. From brewing tensions in the East and South China Seas and frightening moves in the all-so-stealthy cyberarena, to Beijings development of specific weapons platforms that challenge Washingtons ability to respond to a crisis in Asia, Navarro spells out in one easy-to-read volume all you need to know when it comes to Chinas provocative challenge to the status quo. It is a must read.?Harry J. Kazianis, executive editor, National Interest, and senior fellow for defense policy, Center for the National InterestCrouching Tiger brings a rare, balanced, and brilliant?perspective to the most formidable strategic challenge facing Americahow to manage Beijings attempt to create a new Chinese order.? Navarros fact-based analysis strips bare this troubling issue even as he brings in the most eminent scholars in the field to offer a way forward. At stake are the principles that have stabilized Asia and guided world development for more than half a century.?Stefan Halper, director of American Studies,?University of Cambridge, and author of The Beijing Consensus: Legitimizing Authoritarianism in Our Time?Navarro makes a compelling case that trouble lies ahead in Asia, mainly because China is going to attempt to dominate that region the way the United States dominates the Western Hemisphere. China, in other words, is going to imitate Uncle Sam.?Crouching Tiger?is not only clearly and concisely written, but it also addresses almost every issue related to the question of whether China can rise peacefully. And that includes the counterarguments to Navarros position. This book is ideally suited for a wide audience.John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago???Finally, a book that vividly illustrates how Cl£3