Overview
Until now, no single volume has provided an authoritative, comprehensive, and concise description of China's evolving geo-strategy, or detailed how China is transforming its military to carry out this strategy. This book examines the current and future issues impinging on that strategic evolution, in order to facilitate an understanding of the military-strategic basis for, and future trajectory of, a rising China. 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. And he examines how the United States and other governments simultaneously seek greater ""engagement"" with China on strategic concerns, while also ""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.
Full Product Details
Author: Richard Fisher
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Imprint: Stanford University Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 53.40cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.499kg
ISBN: 9780804771955
ISBN 10: 0804771952
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 13 July 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
A must read for serious students of China's military and future strategic objectives. - ADM James Ace Lyons, U.S. Navy (ret.), Former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Read this book...Fisher has produced the best comprehensive study of China's military modernization in a decade. - Larry M. Wortzel, Colonel U.S. Army (ret.), Vice Chairman, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Read this book...Fisher has produced the best comprehensive study of China's military modernization in a decade. --Larry M. Wortzel, Colonel U.S. Army (ret.), Vice Chairman, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission<br>
""A must read for serious students of China's military and future strategic objectives."" - ADM James ""Ace"" Lyons, U.S. Navy (ret.), Former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet ""Read this book...Fisher has produced the best comprehensive study of China's military modernization in a decade."" - Larry M. Wortzel, Colonel U.S. Army (ret.), Vice Chairman, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Author Information
Richard D. Fisher is a Senior Fellow on Asian Military Affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center. He is a recognized authority on the PRC military and the Asian military balance, and their implications for Asia and the United States.
