TY  - BOOK
AU  - HOLMES James
AU  - YOSHIHARA Toshi
TI  - Mao Zedong, meet Alfred Thayer Mahan: strategic theory and Chinese sea power 
PY  - 2006///
KW  - CHINA
KW  - DEFENCE STRATEGY
KW  - SEA POWER
N2  - China's strategic posture is often described as passive defence for which the Great Wall is a convenient metaphor. It is assumed that the U.S. and its allies will effortlessly dominate the seas close to China. This article argues that is a dangerous assumption; it suggests that China is embarked on naval developments that will enable offensive operations within a strategically defensive framework and that strategists are closely studying the works of Mahan and Mao
ER  -