Jeffrey Crean is a Professor of History at Tyler Junior College, USA, where he teaches courses in America, European, and World History. His work has appeared in the edited volumes Peace, War, and Partnership: Congress and the Military since World War II and The Vietnam War in Popular Culture: The Influence of America’s Most Controversial War on Everyday Life. He has published articles in the Journal of American-East Asian Relations, Diplomacy & Statecraft, and War and Society. The Fear of Chinese Power is his first book.

The coverage in this work of historical synthesis is wide-ranging, building on existing scholarship and revealing new details... The three reviewers in this roundtable, praise the book’s readability and coverage of American perceptions. The participants in this roundtable all agree that he has offered a timely overview that will help students and general readers alike understand how we got to where we are today.

• Introduction: Let Him Sleep1. The Birth of the Yellow Peril during the late Qing Empire2. Opposition in the Americas to Chinese Immigration3. Warlords and Fu Manchu: Views of China’s New Republic4. Hopes and Fears during the Rule of Chiang Kai-shek5. The Korean War: China Stands Up6. Fears of Chinese Military Power7. Predictions of Chinese Economic Power8. Representations of Chinese in Popular Culture9. China Ends its Isolation10. A “Peaceful Rise” under Deng Xiaoping11. When He Wakes: From the Beijing Olympics to “Wolf Warrior” DiplomacyConclusion: Feeling the Dragon’s Breath

Jeffrey Crean is a Professor of History at Tyler Junior College, USA, where he teaches courses in America, European, and World History. His work has appeared in the edited volumes Peace, War, and Partnership: Congress and the Military since World War II and The Vietnam War in Popular Culture: The Influence of America’s Most Controversial War on Everyday Life. He has published articles in the Journal of American-East Asian Relations, Diplomacy & Statecraft, and War and Society. The Fear of Chinese Power is his first book.

The coverage in this work of historical synthesis is wide-ranging, building on existing scholarship and revealing new details... The three reviewers in this roundtable, praise the book’s readability and coverage of American perceptions. The participants in this roundtable all agree that he has offered a timely overview that will help students and general readers alike understand how we got to where we are today.

• Introduction: Let Him Sleep1. The Birth of the Yellow Peril during the late Qing Empire2. Opposition in the Americas to Chinese Immigration3. Warlords and Fu Manchu: Views of China’s New Republic4. Hopes and Fears during the Rule of Chiang Kai-shek5. The Korean War: China Stands Up6. Fears of Chinese Military Power7. Predictions of Chinese Economic Power8. Representations of Chinese in Popular Culture9. China Ends its Isolation10. A “Peaceful Rise” under Deng Xiaoping11. When He Wakes: From the Beijing Olympics to “Wolf Warrior” DiplomacyConclusion: Feeling the Dragon’s Breath

Jeffrey Crean is a Professor of History at Tyler Junior College, USA, where he teaches courses in America, European, and World History. His work has appeared in the edited volumes Peace, War, and Partnership: Congress and the Military since World War II and The Vietnam War in Popular Culture: The Influence of America’s Most Controversial War on Everyday Life. He has published articles in the Journal of American-East Asian Relations, Diplomacy & Statecraft, and War and Society. The Fear of Chinese Power is his first book.

The coverage in this work of historical synthesis is wide-ranging, building on existing scholarship and revealing new details... The three reviewers in this roundtable, praise the book’s readability and coverage of American perceptions. The participants in this roundtable all agree that he has offered a timely overview that will help students and general readers alike understand how we got to where we are today.

• Introduction: Let Him Sleep1. The Birth of the Yellow Peril during the late Qing Empire2. Opposition in the Americas to Chinese Immigration3. Warlords and Fu Manchu: Views of China’s New Republic4. Hopes and Fears during the Rule of Chiang Kai-shek5. The Korean War: China Stands Up6. Fears of Chinese Military Power7. Predictions of Chinese Economic Power8. Representations of Chinese in Popular Culture9. China Ends its Isolation10. A “Peaceful Rise” under Deng Xiaoping11. When He Wakes: From the Beijing Olympics to “Wolf Warrior” DiplomacyConclusion: Feeling the Dragon’s Breath