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Red Star over the Pacific, Revised Edition: China’s Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy

By Toshi Yoshihara , James R. Holmes

Book information

Publisher
Naval Institute Press
ISBN
1682472183, 978-1682472187
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
9 MB (9263943 bytes)
Edition
2nd
Pages
372\0
Time added
2019-09-24 09:02:29
Military Naval History

Description

Combining a close knowledge of Asia and an ability to tap Chinese-language sources with naval combat experience and expertise in sea-power theory, the authors assess how the rise of Chinese sea power will affect U.S. maritime strategy in Asia. They argue that China has laid the groundwork for a sustained challenge to American primacy in maritime Asia, and to defend this hypothesis they look back to Alfred Thayer Mahan's sea-power theories, now popular with the Chinese. The book considers how strategic thought about the sea shapes Beijing's deliberations and compares China's geostrategic predicament to that of the Kaiser's Germany a century ago. It examines the Chinese navy's operational concepts, tactics, and capabilities and appraises China's missile force. The authors conclude that China now presents a challenge to America's strategic position of such magnitude that Washington must compete in earnest.

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