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020 _a9781591143260 (hbk):
_c45.00USD
100 1 _aERICKSON Andrew S
245 _aChina's future nuclear submarine force /
_cedited by Andrew S Erickson and Lyle J Goldstein
260 _aAnnapolis MD:
_bUS Naval Inst. Press,
_c2007
300 _a412p.
520 _aThis edited volume is both more specific and simultaneously broader in its conception. It is more specific in that it focuses on a narrow and neglected sector of China's undersea force the relatively small proportion of China's submarines that use nuclear propulsion. The authors offer informed speculation about the possible roles of both nuclear attack and ballistic missile submarines in the rapidly modernizing people's liberation of army navy and discuss the implications of differing scenarios for U.S strategy and force structure.
650 _aSEA POWER
_xCHINA
650 _aNUCLEAR SUBMARINES
_x CHINA
650 _aCHINA
_x MILITARY
650 _aCHINA
_xDEFENCE POLICY
_xNAVY
700 _aGOLDSTEIN Lyle J
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