Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Fallacy of Unresisted Aggrandizement -- 2. Premature Assertiveness -- 3. Great-State Autism Defined -- 4. Historical Residues in Chinese Conduct -- 5. The Coming Geo-Economic Resistance to the Rise of China -- 6. China's Aggrandizement and Global Reactions -- 7. The Inevitable Analogy -- 8. Could China Adopt a Successful Grand Strategy? -- 9. The Strategic Unwisdom of the Ancients -- 10. Strategic Competence: The Historical Record -- 11. The Inevitability of Mounting Resistance -- 12. Why Current Policies Will Persist -- 13. Australia: Weaving a Coalition -- 14. Japan: Disengaging from Disengagement -- 15. Defiant Vietnam: The Newest American Ally? -- 16. South Korea: A Model Tianxia Subordinate? -- 17. Mongolia: Northern Outpost of the Coalition? -- 18. Indonesia: From Ostracism to Coalition -- 19. The Philippines: How to Make Enemies -- 20. Norway: Norway? Norway! -- 21. The Three China Policies of the United States -- 22. Conclusions and Predictions -- Appendix: The Rise and Fall of "Peaceful Rise" -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index.