In their three thousand years of interaction, China and Vietnam have been through a full range of relationships. Throughout all these fluctuations the one constant has been that China is always the larger power, and Vietnam the smaller. Yet China has rarely been able to dominate Vietnam, and the relationship is shaped by its asymmetry. The Sino-Vietnamese relationship provides the perfect ground for developing and exploring the effects of asymmetry on international relations. Womack develops his theory in conjunction with an original analysis of the interaction between China and Vietnam from the Bronze Age to the present.
Author(s): Brantly Womack
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 296
Tags: Международные отношения;Международные отношения;Азиатско-тихоокеанский регион;
Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Tables, Figures, and Maps......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Introduction......Page 17
The Book in Brief......Page 20
1 General Overview......Page 24
Relational Attitudes: The Rock and the Giant......Page 25
China and Vietnam in Comparison......Page 26
Asymmetry and International Relations Theory......Page 33
The Phases of the Sino-Vietnamese Relationship......Page 39
Unequal Empires......Page 40
Revolutionary Brotherhood......Page 41
Hostility......Page 42
Normalization......Page 43
Normalcy......Page 44
Part i Basic Structure......Page 47
2 The Parameters of China’s External Posture......Page 49
Size......Page 51
Centricity and Localism......Page 55
Domestic and International Ecology......Page 57
Localism......Page 60
The Current Pattern of Centricity......Page 61
Resource Sufficiency......Page 64
The Challenge of Sustenance......Page 67
History......Page 68
3 Vietnam’s Basic Parameters......Page 72
Geography......Page 73
Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism......Page 78
Resource Imbalance......Page 81
Integration and Diversity......Page 85
History......Page 87
4 The Politics of Asymmetry......Page 93
Symmetry and Asymmetry......Page 94
The Politics of Inattention......Page 96
The Politics of Overattention......Page 98
Deference, Autonomy, and Misperception......Page 100
Stalemate and Normalization......Page 101
Managing Asymmetry......Page 105
Part ii THE RELATIONAL DYNAMIC......Page 109
Before China and Vietnam: Pre-imperial Relationships......Page 111
Vietnam as Part of China......Page 120
Asymmetry before Independence......Page 130
6 Unequal Empires......Page 133
Establishing Autonomy and Deference: Song to Ming......Page 136
Unequal Empires, 1427–1858......Page 145
The Chinese Empire as an International Political Order......Page 155
7 The Brotherhood of Oppression: 1840–1950......Page 158
The Western Collision, 1840–1900......Page 159
Fates Compared: China’s Total Crisis versus Colonialism
in Vietnam, 1900–1950......Page 164
Revolutionary Comradeship......Page 169
Asymmetry Distressed......Page 176
8 Lips and Teeth: 1950–1975......Page 178
Intimate Comradeship, 1950–1965......Page 180
Clenched Teeth, 1965–1975......Page 190
Dependent Asymmetry and the Two Vietnams......Page 199
9 Illusions of Victory: 1975–1991......Page 202
Illusions of Victory, 1975–1979......Page 205
Hostile Isolation, 1979–1990......Page 216
The Cycle of Systemic Misperception......Page 225
10 From Normalization to Normalcy......Page 228
Normalization, 1991–1999......Page 229
Normalcy......Page 241
Mature Asymmetry......Page 251
11 Change and Structure in Asymmetry......Page 254
Varieties of Asymmetry......Page 255
Asymmetry’s Deep Structure......Page 263
Challenges to Normalcy......Page 268
Appendix: Glossary of Terms......Page 273
Books......Page 277
Book Chapters and Articles......Page 284
Index......Page 291
