Description: An original and comprehensive study of the bilateral relations of the US and China, on international, domestic, societal and individual levels, which seeks to discover whether the two nations can learn from history and manage a potential power transition peacefully.
Review Quotes:
'Zhu's impressive study provides an excellent starting point.' - The China Journal
'I like Zhu's historical-comparative methodology, and his case studies provide a solid survey of the historical/political context of power transitions' - Shogo Suzuki, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 20:1, March 2007, pp. 203-204.
'...this is a valuable, well-written study. Zhu has systematically applied power transition theory to the comparative study of three major cases involving a dominant power and a challenger. The cases include the British and the Germans, 1871-1914; the British and the Americans, 1865-1945; and the Chinese and Americans, 1990-2005' - S. Ogden, Northeastern University, CHOICE 2007