{"product_id":"conservatism-and-the-kissingermao-axis-9781498511391","title":"Conservatism and the KissingerMao Axis","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKissinger's dual-purpose instrument of the US-China and US-Soviet détente was devised to achieve a stable balance of power in the contemporary world in the second half of the 1960s. Stimulated by both Kissinger's doctrine and the historical novel, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Mao's global order of tripolarity was created to feature the new US-China relations in the early 1970s with his initiative of the ping-pong diplomacy through this Kissinger-Mao axis. This made his quest for a modernization revolution possible with the Western market oriented approach.Strengthening Mao's modernization program, Xiaoping's good-neighborhood policy was designed to induce the world to help modernize China. Vitally including Russia with the collapse of the Soviet Union, Deng's policy helped maintain a peaceful and stable international environment, though it also marked the end of Mao's global order.Perceiving the PRC's rise as a threat to its dominance in the Asia Pacific region, the US containmen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLai Sing Lam draws on his deep appreciation of the role that history plays in diplomacy by showing, in Conservatism and the Kissinger-Mao Axis, how the historically-informed strategic ideas of the two central protagonists aligned in the early 1970s to shape the contemporary international order. As it traces the story of the tripolar world order emerging after the creation of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, and its transformation into a bipolar world order after 1996, this book offers fresh insights into Mao’s thinking. Its stress on the deeply conservative foundations of both Kissinger’s and Mao’s positions is a useful antidote to romantics and revolutionaries alike. For those of us keen to understand the logic of China’s current strategic moves, and how we got here, this book is essential reading. -- David Lovell, Professor of Political Science\u003cbr\u003eThis is a unique and thought-provoking work with both Eastern and Western perspectives. In both theoretical and historical interpretations of the twin global orders created by the ideological opposites of Mao and Kissinger, the book's originality as well as depth is impressive. No other comparable works exist in the field of international politics. -- CL Chiou, University of Queensland, Australia, Reader in Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Background of Kissinger’s Doctrine of Balance of Power in Action 1The Postwar International Environment: The American-Soviet-Chinese Triangle Part II: The Kissinger-Mao Axis 2   \tConservatism and the Materialization of the Kissinger-Mao Axis           3 The Kissinger-Mao Axis I: The Integration of Kissinger’s Balance-of-Power and Mao’s    Global Order of Tripolarity: Mao’s Ping-Pong Diplomacy 4 The Kissinger-Mao Axis II: Mao’s Modernization Revolution and Deng the Successor 5 The Kissiner-Mao Axis III: The Post-Dengist Economic Development: Deng’s “Good-    Neighborly” Policy and the Rise of China Part III: The Volatile Asia Pacific in the New Century  6 The New American Containment of China Part IV: The Volatile Europe in the New Century 7 The New US-led NATO Containment of the Rising Russia Part V: The New Global Order of Bipolarity of the 21st Century 8   The SCO and Counter-Containment of the West","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040645841239,"sku":"9781498511391","price":83.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498511391.jpg?v=1750947376","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/conservatism-and-the-kissingermao-axis-9781498511391","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}