TY  - BOOK
AU  - JOHNSTON Alastair Ian
TI  - Cultural realism: strategic culture and grand strategy in Chinese history 
SN  - 0691002398 (pbk) :
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Princeton NJ
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - CHINA
KW  - STRATEGIC CULTURE
KW  - MILITARY STRATEGY
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - MING DYNASTY
KW  - NATIONAL SECURITY
N1  - First published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1995
N2  - Deals with the questions: "to what extent is there a substantively consistent and temporally persistent Chinese strategic culture, and to what extent has this strategic culture influenced China's use of military force against 'threats' historically?" (from author's preface) Focuses on the Ming dynasty as a basis to explore the relationship between ideas and behaviour
ER  -