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.
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The authors conclude that China now presents a Challenge to America\'s strategic position of such magnitude that Washington must compete in earnest..
It examines the Chinese navy\'s operational concepts, tactics, and capabilities and appraises China\'s missile force.
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.
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. Maritime Strategy in Asia.
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
