“An important and carefully argued book that suggests new ways of looking at China’s modern history. . . . In just two hundred pages and eleven crisply organized chapters, Horner manages to pack enough thought-provoking questions to keep his reader busy re-evaluating his or her views of China today.”—Jonathan Fenby, Asia Policy

"The book is clear, engagingly written, and quite original, combining an overview of Western scholarship, some Chinese scholarship, and a critique of twentieth-century Chinese culture to argue the prospects of China's completed modernization and the challenges it poses for the state and the military."—Pamela Kyle Crossley, Robert 1932 and Barbara Black, Professor of History, Dartmouth College

"Rising China and its Postmodern Fate is a highly informed and insightful set of reflections on the question, what are we to make of the much-discussed 'rise' of China? Horner combines a wide-ranging specialist knowledge and an ability to look at the question from many angles in succession. This is a unique and marvelous piece of deep reflection on some of the most important issues of history of our time."—Arthur Waldron, Lauder Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania

Charles Horner is Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute. He has served in the Department of State, taught at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and been a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Institute of Peace. His writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the National Interest.