num_pages: 292
description: 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.
language: English
title: Red Star Over the Pacific
publisher: Naval Institute Press