Chinese security policy : structure, power and politics - Ross, Robert S., 1954- (London : Routledge, 2009)
China learns to compromise : change in U.S.-China relations, 1982-1984 -- The geography of the peace : great power stability in twenty-first century East Asia -- The U.S.-China peace : great power politics, spheres of influence, and the peace of East Asia -- Balance of power politics and the rise of China : accommodation and balancing in East Asia -- China and the Cambodian peace process : the value of coercive diplomacy -- The 1995-96 Taiwan Strait confrontation : coercion, credibility, and use of force -- Navigating the Taiwan Strait : deterrence, escalation dominance, and U.S. China relations -- International bargaining and domestic politics : conflict in U.S.-China relations since 1972 -- From Lin Biao to Deng Xiaoping : elite instability and China's U.S. policy -- The diplomacy of Tiananmen : two-level bargaining and great power cooperation.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-325) and index.
Keywords: National security -- China; China -- Foreign relations -- 1976-; China -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- China; China -- Foreign relations -- East Asia; East Asia -- Foreign relations -- China; Taiwan Strait -- Strategic aspects; China -- Military policy; China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002.