Fragile Rise : Grand Strategy and the Fate of Imperial Germany, 1871-1914, Pa...

by Xu Qiyu

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Fragile Rise : Grand Strategy and the Fate of Imperial Germany, 1, Paperback by Qiyu, Xu; Allison, Graham (FRW); Hill, Joshua (TRN), ISBN 0262549735, ISBN-13 9780262549738, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Germany's rise to power before World War I from a Chinese persective, and the geopolitical lessons for today. A series of solemn anniversary events have marked the centenary of World War I. Could history repeat itself in today's geopolitics? Now, as then, a land power with a growing economy and a maritime power with global commitments are the two leading states in the international system. Most ominously, the outbreak of war in 1914 is a stark reminder that nations cannot rely on economic interdependence and ongoing diplomacy to keep the peace. In Fragile Rise, Xu Qiyu offers a Chinese perspective on the course of German grand strategy in the decades before World War I. Xu shows how Germany's diplomatic blunders turned its growing power into a liability instead of an asset. Bismarck's successors provoked tension and conflict with the other European great powers. Germany's attempts to build a powerful navy alienated Britain. Fearing an assertive Germany, France and Russia formed an alliance, leaving the declining Austro-Hungarian Empire as Germany's only major ally. Xu's account demonstrates that better strategy and statesmanship could have made a difference—for Germany and Europe. His analysis offers important lessons for the leaders of China and other countries. Frag

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Year: 1871
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9780262549738
• Condition: Fine

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