TY  - BOOK
AU  - YVES-HENG Lim,1979-
TI  - China's naval power: an offensive realist approach 
SN  - 9781409451846 (hbk.) :
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Farnham
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - SEA-POWER
KW  - CHINA
KW  - NAVAL STRATEGY
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-211) and index
N2  - This book makes sense of Chinese priorities in its naval modernization in a 'robust' offensive realist framework. Drawing on Barry Posen's works on sources of military doctrine, it argues that the orientation of Beijing's choices concerning its naval forces can essentially be explained by China's position as a potential regional hegemon
ER  -