Contents -- Preface -- 1. Asia and Theories of Development -- 2. The Evolution of Asian Concepts of Power -- 3. East Asia: Varieties of Confucian Authority -- 4. Southeast Asia: From God-Kings to the Power of Personal Connections -- 5. The South Asian Subcontinent: Hindu and Muslim Power and the Rewards of Narcissism -- 6. The Riddle of Japan: The Combining of Competition and Consensus -- 7. China: The Illusion of Omnipotence -- 8. Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam: Forms of Aggressive Confucianism -- 9. Malaysia: Confrontation of Two Incompatible Cultures -- 10. Islamic Power: The Pulls of Reformism and Fundamentalism -- 11. The Substance of Asian Power: Formal Structures and Informal Relations -- 12. Paternalistic Authority and the Triumph of Dependency -- Notes -- Index.