U.S.-China Strategic Relations and Competitive Sports -

U.S.-China Strategic Relations and Competitive Sports

Playing for Keeps

David Lai (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
XV, 375 Seiten
2023 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-92202-3 (ISBN)
149,79 inkl. MwSt
Although they are “ritualized contests,” competitive sports have retained many aspects of human warfare, especially the use of strategy and tactics that moves human contest beyond military clashes to the subjugation of opponents without bloodshed.Cultural influences usually go unnoticed.

This book investigates cultural influences of competitive sports on U.S. and Chinese strategic thinking and tactical behavior.

Most competitive sports owe their origins to human fighting. Although they are "ritualized contests," competitive sports have retained many aspects of human warfare, especially the use of strategy and tactics that moves human contest beyond military clashes to the subjugation of opponents without bloodshed.

Cultural influences usually go unnoticed. Indeed, Washington often conducts foreign affairs like football games without knowing that is the case. Likewise, Beijing moves in Weiqi style subconsciously. This book uncovers these influences.

David Lai, Ph.D. is currently an adjunct professor at the George Washington University, USA and previously professor at the U.S. Army and Air War Colleges respectively.

Chapter 1       Introduction

 

Part I:                        American Games

 

Chapter 2       It's All Games: U.S. Foreign and Security Policies

Chapter 3       American Football and War

Chapter 4       Football vs. Soccer: American Warfare in an Era of Unconventional Threats

Chapter 5       Chess and Strategy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Chapter 6       The Great Pacific Chess Match: U.S. Chess Moves on China

Chapter 7       Uncovering Hidden Patterns of Thought in War: Weiqi Versus Chess

Chapter 8       Baseball and American Strategic Culture

Chapter 9       United States vs North Korea in No-Limit Poker: Alligator Blood or Dead

Money?

Part II:                      Chinese Games

 

Chapter 10     Learning from the Stones: A Weiqi Approach to Mastering China's Strategic

Concept, Shi

Chapter 11     East Meets West: An Ancient Game Sheds New Light on U.S.-Asian

Strategic Relations

Chapter 12     China's Strategic Moves and Countermoves in the Asia-Pacific

Chapter 13     Weiqi and Artificial Intelligence: Potential for Strategic Decision Making

About the Authors

 


Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo XV, 375 p. 47 illus., 32 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Gewicht 511 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte Baseball • Chess • Competitive Sports • Football • operational art • Poker • Soccer • Strategic thinking • Strategies • Tactics • U.S.-China competition • Weiqi
ISBN-10 3-030-92202-2 / 3030922022
ISBN-13 978-3-030-92202-3 / 9783030922023
Zustand Neuware
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