China : The Gathering Threat

by Menges, Constantine C.

• ISBN13: 9781595550057
• ISBN10: 1595550054
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-23
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

In a book that is as certain to be as controversial as it is meticulously researched, a former special assistant to the president for National Security Affairs and senior official of the Central Intelligence Agency shows that the U.S. could be headed toward a nuclear face-off with communist China within four years. And it definitively reveals how China is steadily pursuing a stealthy, systematic strategy to attain geopolitical and economic dominance first in Asia and Eurasia, then possibly globally, within the next twenty. Using recently declassified documents, statements by Russian and Chinese leaders largely overlooked in the Western media, and groundbreaking analysis and investigative work, Menges explains China's plan thoroughly, exposing: China's methods of economic control. China's secret alliance with Russia and other anti-America nations, including North Korea. China's growing military and nuclear power-over 90 ICBMs, many of them aimed at U.S. cities. How China and Russia have been responsible for weaponizing terrorists bent on harming the U.S. Damage caused by China's trade tactics (since 1990, we've lost 8 million jobs thanks to China trade surpluses).

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Bill Gertz
Introduction	xv
Reform, Repression, and the New China-Russia Alliance	1	(18)
Part I: China
The First Mao Years, 1949-1965	19	(28)
The Cultural Revolution, 1965-1976	47	(12)
Soviet War Threats and the Opening of Relations with the U.S.	59	(15)
Economic Modernization and China-U.S. Relations, 1979-1986	74	(25)
Communist Hardliners Crush Political Liberalization, 1986-1989	99	(16)
China-U.S. Relations after Tiananmen, 1989-1992	115	(9)
U.S.-China Relations, 1993-2000	124	(27)
A New Congressional Approach to China	151	(16)
Part II: Russia
The Soviet Era in Overview	167	(12)
Gorbachev and the End of the USSR, 1985-1991	179	(14)
The Yeltsin Era, 1992-2000	193	(36)
The New Century with President Putin	229	(25)
U.S. Russia Relations Since 1992	254	(39)
Part III: China and Russia
China's International Actions	293	(18)
``A Rich Country and a Strong Army'': Military Modernization and Buildup	311	(25)
The New Russia/China Alliance	336	(31)
China: Stealthy Strategy toward Global Dominance	367	(51)
Part IV: Winning the Peace----A Comprehensive Strategy
Russia and China's Two---Track Policies: Destination Unknown	418	(5)
The Other Axis: China and Russia----America's Foremost Strategic Challenge	423	(5)
A Prudent and Proactive U.S. Strategy	428	(20)
Russia: Incentives for Democracy and Cooperation with the West	448	(12)
China: Realistic Engagement, Not Unconditional Engagement	460	(15)
Encouraging Democracy and Human Rights in Russia and China	475	(38)
Acknowledgments	513	(38)
Notes	551	(4)
Index	555