Red Star Over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy

by Yoshihara, Toshi

• ISBN13: 9781591143901
• ISBN10: 159114390X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-15
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr

Summary

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 is laying 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 ballistic-missile submarine fleet. The authors conclude that unless Washington adapts, China will present a challenge to America's strategic position.

Table of Contents

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Mahan's Two Tridents	p. 1
China Engages the Strategic Theorists	p. 14
The German Precedent for Chinese Sea Power	p. 44
Fleet Tactics with Chinese Characteristics	p. 73
Missile and Antimissile Interactions at Sea	p. 101
China's Emerging Undersea Nuclear Deterrent	p. 125
Soft Power at Sea	p. 149
U.S. Maritime Strategy in Asia	p. 179
Who Holds the Tridents?	p. 209
Notes	p. 225
Index	p. 281
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