CONTENTS

List of Maps

List of Tables

Preface to the Updated Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Acknowledgments



ONE Introduction

TWO Anarchy and the Struggle for Power

THREE Wealth and Power

FOUR The Primacy of Land Power

FIVE Strategies for Survival

SIX Great Powers in Action

SEVEN The Offshore Balancers

EIGHT Balancing versus Buck-Passing

NINE The Causes of Great Power War

TEN Can China Rise Peacefully?



Notes

Index