Assessing the threat
Subtitle: the Chinese military and Taiwan's security
By: edited by Michael D. Swaine, Andrew N.D. Yang, and Evan S. Medeiros ; with Oriana Skylar Mastro.
Contributors: Swaine, Michael D.; Yang, Andrew N. D.; Medeiros, Evan S.
Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780870032387
Subjects: China. -- Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun; Taiwan Strait -- Strategic aspects; Chinese reunification question, 1949-; National security -- Taiwan; National security -- East Asia; China -- Military policy -- 21st century; United States -- Military policy -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Michael D. Swaine and Oriana Skylar Mastro; title: China's Asia policy : strategy and tactics / Alex Liebman; title: The PLA and joint operations : moving from theory toward practice / Dean Cheng; title: Evolving Chinese concepts of war control and escalation management / Lonnie D. Henley; title: PLA power projection : current realities and emerging trends / Roy D. Kamphausen and Justin Liang; title: Air force deterrence and escalation calculations for a Taiwan Strait conflict : China, Taiwan, and the United States / Kenneth W. Allen; title: The military instrument of statecraft at sea : naval options in an escalatory scenario involving Taiwan, 2007-2016 / Bernard D. Cole; title: The nuclear dimension : how likely? how stable? / Brad Roberts; title: PRC information operations : myths, trends, and new opportunities / James Mulvenon; title: Taiwan's defense preparation against the Chinese military threat / Andrew N.D. Yang; title: The implications of Chinese military modernization for U.S. force posture in a Taiwan conflict / Roger Cliff; title: Future East Asian security architecture : implications for the PLA / Alan D. Romberg; title: Assessing the threat / Michael D. Swaine and Oriana Skylar Mastro.