China's Military Modernization

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China's Military Modernization Building for Regional and Global Reach

Richard D. Fisher

Foreword by Arthur Waldron

Book Code: C9486

ISBN: 0-275-99486-4

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-99486-0

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344 pages

Praeger Security International General Interest-Cloth

Publication: 9/30/2008

List Price: $75.00 (UK Sterling Price: £41.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Endorsement From James "Ace" Lyons, U.S. Navy (ret.),
Former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet,
Senior U.S. military representative to the United Nations, and deputy Chief of Naval Operations: A must read for serious students of China's military and future strategic objectives.
Endorsement From Dr. Michael M. Tsai,
Former Minister of National Defense of Taiwan,
Vice Minister of National Defense,
Deputy Secretary of the Taiwan National Security Council,
Founder of the Taiwan Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies: A useful assessment for those concerned with Taiwan's security and with maintaining America's leadership role in Asia.
Endorsement From Ota Fumio,
Vice Admiral, Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force (ret.),
Former Director, Japanese Defense Intelligence Headquarters: China's ongoing military build-up is of great concern to Japan. Rick Fisher's very useful analysis reveals much of what China seeks to conceal.
Endorsement From Bhaskar Roy,
Foreign policy analyst with a special interest in China,
Former intelligence analyst with the Indian government, with service in Indian Embassy in Washington,
regular contributor and consultant to the South Asia Analysis Group: A must read for all those who are seriously assessing China's military modernization overdrive which is definitely offensive.

Description: China's rise to global economic and strategic eminence, with the potential for achieving pre-eminence in the greater-Asian region, is one of the defining characteristics of the post-Cold War period. This work offers a basic understanding of the military-strategic basis and trajectory of a rising China, provides background, and outlines current and future issues concerning China's rise in strategic-military influence.
The next decade may witness China's assertion of military or strategic pressure on Japan, the Korean Peninsula, India, the South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, Central Asia, or even on behalf of future allies in Africa and Latin America. While conflict is not a foregone conclusion, as indicated by China's increasing participation in many benign international organizations, it is a fact that China's leadership will pursue its interests as it sees them, which may not always coincide with those of the United States, its friends, and allies.
Until now, no single volume has existed that provides an authoritative, comprehensive, and concise description of China's evolving geo-strategy or of how China is transforming its military to carry out this strategy. Fisher examines how China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) remains critical to the existence of the Chinese Communist government and looks at China's political and military actions designed to protect its expanded strategic interests in both the Asia-Pacific and Central to Near-Asian regions. Using open sources, including over a decade of unique interview sources, Fisher documents China's efforts to build a larger nuclear force that may soon be protected by missile defenses, modern high technology systems for space, air, and naval forces, and how China is now beginning to assemble naval, air, and ground forces for future "power projection" missions. His work also examines how the United States and other governments simultaneously seek greater "engagement" with China on strategic concerns, while "hedging" against its rising power. Although China faces both internal and external constraints on its "rise" to global eminence, it cannot be denied that China's government is pursuing a far-reaching strategic agenda.

Table of Contents:

Section currently called Sources
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Chinas Strategic Challenge
Chapter 2: The Party Army: Pillar of Chinas Government
Chapter 3: Foreign Security Policy
Chapter 4: Chinas Military Transformation
Chapter 5: Military-Technical Sector Transformation
Chapter 6: Building For Local War Dominance
Chapter 7: Building For Future Power Projection
Chapter 8: How The CCP-PLA Challenges America and its Allies

LC Card Number: 2008020081

LCC Class: UA835

Dewey Class: 355

PDF Catalogs:
Academic Library Fall 2008.pdf	PSI Catalog Fall 2008.pdf
PSI Reference Spring 2008.pdf


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