A Contest for Supremacy (2011) was written by Aaron L. Friedberg, a professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School and a former deputy assistant for national security affairs in the Office of the Vice President. In the book, after examining the history of America's China strategy from 1949 to the present, the author interprets China's strategy for dealing with the United States after the Cold War. Chinese policy makers want to displace the USA as the leading power in Asia without direct confrontation. The message in the book is a clear wake-up call to US leaders and policymakers. The USA must secure its position in Asia and in the world; otherwise its prosperity, security, and freedom will be in grave danger.
If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.
Abraham Lincoln, June 16, 1858
Source:
Friedberg, Aaron L. (2011). A Contest for Supremacy --China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
