Cool War: The United States, China, and the Future of Global Competition
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (851 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 081298255X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Excellent Points, but Should have Been Condensed to An Article" according to Loyd Eskildson. Author Feldman contends the U.S. is now in a 'cool war' struggle vs. China for power. Yet, the two nations are also economically interdependent to an unprecedented degree. The U.S. accounts for about 25% of Chinese sales (total trade between the two is about $500 billion/year), while China's government holds $1.2 trillion of U.S. Treasury debt, while a significant proportion of our cumulative $8 trillion trade deficit since . "Not worth a purchase" according to Kibeom Kim. Read the book jacket not the book. You get the same information in a more condensed format. Interesting hypothesis though.Alternatively, watch the Daily Show episode with the guy and leave it at that.. Should Have Been Condensed To An Article, Basically A Minor Revision of His 2013 Original Book Author Feldman contends the U.S. is now in a 'cool war' struggle vs. China for power. Yet, the two nations are also economically interdependent to an unprecedented degree. The U.S. accounts for about 25% of Chinese sales (total trade between the two is about $500 billion/year), while China's government holds $1.2 trillion of U.S. Treasury debt, while a significant proportion of our cumulative $8 trillion trade deficit since
and China may be divided by political culture and belief, but they are also bound together by mutual self-interest. To understand the looming competition with China, we must understand the incentives that drive Chinese policy. He provides a clear-eyed analysis of the years ahead, showing how China’s rise presents opportunities as well as risks. But now, Noah Feldman argues, we are entering an era of renewed global struggle: the era of Cool War. Kaplan, New York Times bestselling author of The Revenge of Geography “Compelling Feldman’s book carries enough insight to warrant serious attention from anyone interested in what may well be the defining relationship in global affairs for decades to come.”—Kirkus Reviews “A worthwhile and intriguing read.”—The Washington Post “Masterfully elucidates China’s non-democratic/non-communist new form of government.”—Publishers WeeklyFrom the Hardcover edition.. account for nearly a quarter of Chinese trade, while the Chinese government holds 8 percent of America’s outstanding debt. This positive-sum interdependence has profound implications for nations, corporations, and international institutions. It makes what looked to be a classic
A crisp writer, Feldman has a fine eye for telling anecdotes, which he uses to frame nearly every chapter. Just how cool the conflict stays, Feldman suggests, will be determined not in cyberspace or at sea but in international institutions. Neither overly optimistic nor pessimistic, Feldman lays out a compelling case for why the neither-allies-nor-enemies standing between the two powers is tenuous but not necessarily doomed to topple into hot war. “A timely book sharp, logical and cool.”—
A Senior Fellow of the Society of Fellows at Harvard, Feldman has a bachelor’s degree from Harvard, a law degree from Yale, and a doctorate in Islamic thought from Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Noah Feldman is Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard University and the author of five previous books, most recently Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR’s Great Supreme Court Justices. He