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Smokeless War

Smokeless War

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📦 Product Details

  • Author: Manoj Kewalramani
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury India
  • Publication Date: 18 June 2021
  • Language: English
  • Print Length: 338 pages
  • ISBN-10: 9354350941
  • ISBN-13: 978-9354350948
  • Item Weight: 450 g

📖 About the Book

Smokeless War by Manoj Kewalramani explores the evolving nature of conflict in the digital age, focusing on China's use of information, technology, and influence to advance its strategic interests.

The book examines how information warfare, propaganda, online narratives, and digital platforms can be used to shape public opinion, influence political discourse, and affect international relations without conventional military confrontation. It highlights the growing importance of understanding China's digital strategies and their implications for India and the wider world.

Through political and strategic analysis, the book offers readers insight into the intersection of technology, geopolitics, and modern security challenges.

In January 2020, the outbreak in China was viewed as a black swan event, threatening the Communist Party’s rule. Two short months later, however, China appeared to have controlled the virus, while the rest of the world struggled to respond. As country after country imposed lockdowns of varying strictness and the human cost began to rise, geopolitical frictions flared up over the origins of the virus, along with Beijing’s early failures, diplomacy and discourse. Smokeless War: China’s Quest for Geopolitical Dominance a gripping account of the Communist Party of China’s political, diplomatic and narrative responses during the pandemic. Drawing on the latest academic research and Chinese language sources, it discusses the Party–State’s efforts to achieve greater discourse power and political primacy, as it sought to convert a potentially existential crisis into a historic opportunity. In doing so, the author provides an insightful account of the Communist Party of China’s approaches to cultivating sources of strength and exercise of power.

✍️ About the Author

Manoj Kewalramani is a researcher and writer specialising in Chinese politics, foreign policy, and international relations. His work focuses on China's domestic and external affairs, technology policy, and the strategic implications of China's rise.

Manoj Kewalramani is among the foremost Indian analysts studying Chinese politics, foreign policy and approaches to new technologies. He heads the China Studies Programme and is the Chairperson of the Indo-Pacific Research Center at the Takshashila Institution, a leading Indian think tank. Manoj’s work has been featured in numerous publications, such as The Indian Express, Al Jazeera, Hindustan Times, Japan Times and The Diplomat. Previously, he spent over a decade working as a journalist in India and China, where he helped set up digital newsrooms and train journalists.

Review

1)Provides an insightful account of the Communist Party of China’sapproaches to cultivating sources of strength and exercise of power 2)Draws extensively from official Chinese government and Chinese language sources to unpack the Communist Party’s motivations, discourse and policies 3)Blends academic frameworks, journalistic accounts and political analysis to provide a gripping narrative of China’s responses to and the geopolitics of the pandemic

Book Description

Smokeless War: China's Quest for Geopolitical Dominance offers a gripping account of the Communist Party of China's political, diplomatic and narrative responses during the pandemic, as it sought to convert a potentially existential crisis into a historic opportunity.
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