China's Quest for Military Supremacy
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China's Quest for Military Supremacy

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eBook - ePub

China's Quest for Military Supremacy

About this book

China's military has entered a new era. It has acquired modern weapons to rival the world's finest, undergone a massive restructuring under Xi Jinping, and been on the frontlines of territorial disputes with Japan, India, Vietnam, and the Philippines. It is readying forces to be able to seize Taiwan sometime in the next decade. It aims to be a "world-class" military on par with the United States.

China's Quest for Military Supremacy provides a broad and accessible exploration of Chinese military power, including relations between the Chinese Communist Party and its army, the strategic worldview of Chinese leaders, military strategy and resourcing, conventional and nuclear modernization, military diplomacy and coercion, preparations for war, and the People's Liberation Army's emerging global role. It also identifies the challenges facing China's military and shows how its focus on supremacy in the region means that it is not yet prepared to fight with the same lethality beyond Asia. Different futures are possible, and the book concludes with a preview of what it might take for a truly "world-class" Chinese military to take the global stage.

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Yes, you can access China's Quest for Military Supremacy by Joel Wuthnow,Phillip C. Saunders in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Asian Politics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Dedication
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 The Party’s Army
  9. 2 Threat Perceptions
  10. 3 Strategy, Organization, and Resources
  11. 4 Conventional Forces
  12. 5 Nuclear, Space, and Cyber Forces
  13. 6 Shaping the New Security Environment
  14. 7 Preparing for War with Taiwan
  15. 8 A Global PLA
  16. Index
  17. End User License Agreement