Fragile Rise
By Xu Qiyu
Foreword by Graham Allison
Translated by Joshua Hill
By Xu Qiyu
Foreword by Graham Allison
Translated by Joshua Hill
Part of Belfer Center Studies in International Security
Category: World Politics | European World History
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Oct 31, 2023 | ISBN 9780262549738
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Table Of Contents
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Graham Allison
Translator’s Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Joshua Hill
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii
Xu Qiyu
1. A Low-Posture Rise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. “Active Shaping” and the Foundation of a Grand Staretegy. . . . . .33
3. Working to Maintain the Grand Strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
4. Entering the Post-Bismarckian Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
5. Institutions, Society, Popular Opinion, and Grand Strategy. . . . .127
6. From Weltpolitik to Encirclement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
7. An Obsession with Command of the Seas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
8. The Schlieffen Plan and the Retreat of Grand Strategy. . . . . . . .227
9. Crisis Management on the Path to World War, 1908–1914. . . . . . . 259
Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
About the Author. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Contributors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
Belfer Center Studies in International Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
About the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. . . . . . .346
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