Red star over the Pacific China's rise and the challenge to U.S. maritime strategy /
Toshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes.
- Annapolis, MD : Naval Inst Press, 2013.
- xii, 292 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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SEA-POWER --CHINA SEA-POWER --UNITED STATES NAVAL STRATEGY GEOPOLITICS -- ASIA