Overview
This book with in-depth analyses of those sports metaphors (rather than superficial or sporadic commentary in passing)
The observations in this book are extraordinarily revealing and insightful
This book is a special contribution to the study of strategic culture and decision making
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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American Games
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Front Matter
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Chinese Games
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book investigates cultural influences of competitive sports on U.S. and Chinese strategic thinking and tactical behavior.
Most competitive sports owe their origins to human fighting. Although they are “ritualized contests,” competitive sports have retained many aspects of human warfare, especially the use of strategy and tactics that moves human contest beyond military clashes to the subjugation of opponents without bloodshed.
Cultural influences usually go unnoticed. Indeed, Washington often conducts foreign affairs like football games without knowing that is the case. Likewise, Beijing moves in Weiqi style subconsciously. This book uncovers these influences.
Reviews
“A thought-provoking and fascinating exploration of American and Chinese strategic approaches.” (--Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, USA)
“This work offers exceptionally useful insights into the cultural underpinnings of China's value system and, thus, its motivations. Dr. Lai, one of America's most informed experts on the Peoples' Republic of China, is uniquely positioned to understand and explain how PRC leaders think.” (--Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr., Esquire, USA is a widely published senior national security strategist, former Director of the U.S. Army Strategic Institute, and Editor and Coauthor of Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents, Oxford University Press.)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
David Lai, Ph.D. is currently an adjunct professor at the George Washington University, USA and previously professor at the U.S. Army and Air War Colleges respectively.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: U.S.-China Strategic Relations and Competitive Sports
Book Subtitle: Playing for Keeps
Editors: David Lai
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92200-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-92199-6Published: 22 February 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-92202-3Published: 23 February 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-92200-9Published: 21 February 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 375
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Relations Theory