Chapter 1 How Does Technology Design the World?
1.
The End of Military Tech Hegemony and the Beginning of Soft Hegemony
2.
Emulation of technology gives rise to nations.
3.
Friction between the US and Japan as Seen from the Perspective of Techno Hegemony
4.
A perspective on technology from the perspective of international politics

Chapter 2 Introduction
1.
The Kokom Incident 170 Years Ago: History Repeats Itself.
2.
Three Perspectives on International Politics
3.
Meaning of emulation, hegemony, hegemon, etc.

Chapter 3 Pax Britannica
1.
Until the 15th century, England was a backward country.
2.
The rise of a maritime nation
3.
Textile technology and the industrial revolution
4.
Suddenly growing into a weapons powerhouse
5.
High-Tech Immigration, the Huguenot Exodus
6.
Cotton was the catalyst for the Industrial Revolution
7.
The horse was transformed into a steam engine.

Chapter 4 The British Hegemon
1.
The Napoleonic Wars were a technological war
2.
Two Conditions of Hegemony
3.
Diffusion of technology and trading nations

Chapter 5: The Origins of a Divided Germany
1.
Germany started late due to its history of division
2.
Germany started with agricultural technology
3.
Reactions from various countries to Germany's rise

Chapter 6: The Rise of Germany and the Rise of Technological Hegemony
1.
Huguenot immigration and the enlightenment of Germany
2.
Why the Germans Invented the Internal Combustion Engine
3.
Mercedes (Benz) is a French girl
4.
The emergence of artificial dyes
5.
German emulation
6.
The Formula

Chapter 7 What Kind of Country is America?
1.
Coexistence of protectionism and liberalism
2.
Starting out as a French-style country
3.
A sharp turn toward a German-style nation

Chapter 8 The American System
1.
Emulation of French compatibility technology
2.
The Beginning of the American System
3.
UK skilled migrants and Harvard graduates
4.
The Real Story of Edison the Genius: Corporate Development and Patent Strategy
5.
The automobile industry and American industrial policy
6.
leasing company AT&T

Chapter 9 Pax Americana
1.
The End of Pax Britannica and the Rise of Pax Americana
2.
Establishment of the US-led GATT system
3.
Hegemonic US policy changes
4.
From civilian technology to military technology
5.
Frustration in establishing a science and technology department

Chapter 10: Japan's Rise and US-Japan Friction
1.
Japan throws away its guns
2.
Pro-British sentiment and hiring foreign experts
3.
The origin of American-style Japan
4.
A top student who obeyed the occupying forces
5.
Ghosts of the 1930s
6.
Japan should become a normal country

Chapter 11: The Migratory Bird Theory and High-Tech
1.
Letter from Stalin
2.
Porsche of a migratory bird's life
3.
Minority Regime Sysis and High-Tech
4.
International politics drives technology.

Chapter 12 Pax Sovietica
1.
Mongolian Memory
2.
Prussian Connection
3.
German technology and the Soviet Union's rise to military power (from Rapallo to Kachin)
4.
The Soviet Union's dilemma: a military powerhouse but a small industrial powerhouse
5.
The Soviet Union, a hegemon based on military power and oil
6.
Germany's Rocket Brain Race and the US-Soviet Space Race (Paperclip Project)

Chapter 13.
China's Roar to Become a Technological Powerhouse
1.
Excellent talent is the alpha and omega of science and technology.
2.
Chinese high-tech IT companies
3.
China's Biotech in Hot Pursuit
4.
space development powerhouse
5.
Chinese-style technological innovation strategy
6.
A research and development site overflowing with money
7.
Conclusion

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Every country has an equally great people and culture.
Yet, why do some countries suddenly and dramatically overtake others and emerge on the international stage? This book seeks to answer this simple question, one that anyone might have.