One of the U.S. government's leading China experts reveals the hidden strategy fueling that country's rise – and how Americans have been seduced into helping China overtake us as the world's leading superpower.For more than forty years; the United States has played an indispensable role helping the Chinese government build a booming economy; develop its scientific and military capabilities; and take its place on the world stage; in the belief that China's rise will bring us cooperation; diplomacy; and free trade. But what if the "China Dream" is to replace us; just as America replaced the British Empire; without firing a shot?Based on interviews with Chinese defectors and newly declassified; previously undisclosed national security documents; The Hundred-Year Marathon reveals China's secret strategy to supplant the United States as the world's dominant power; and to do so by 2049; the one-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic. Michael Pillsbury; a fluent Mandarin speaker who has served in senior national security positions in the U.S. government since the days of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger; draws on his decades of contact with the "hawks" in China's military and intelligence agencies and translates their documents; speeches; and books to show how the teachings of traditional Chinese statecraft underpin their actions. He offers an inside look at how the Chinese really view America and its leaders – as barbarians who will be the architects of their own demise.Pillsbury also explains how the U.S. government has helped – sometimes unwittingly and sometimes deliberately – to make this "China Dream" come true; and he calls for the United States to implement a new; more competitive strategy toward China as it really is; and not as we might wish it to be. The Hundred-Year Marathon is a wake-up call as we face the greatest national security challenge of the twenty-first century.
2013-09-13Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.69 x 1.23 x 7.44l; 2.37 #File Name: 1236703251610 pages
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