China Whisperers: The Voices That Have Shaped America's Views of Its Chief Geopolitical Rival

From one of the most prominent post-Cold War geopolitics experts and “a grand strategist to whom the Pentagon turns” (The Wall Street Journal), a probing and insight-filled look at the China experts who have influenced—and continue to influence—America’s policy toward its greatest rival.

No country or civilization is as big or as old as China. And in the minds of Americans whose job it is to contemplate international affairs, China has always been more than just the “ultimate place”: quite s...