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China's Military and Naval Forces : Overview, Modernization, Implications, and Issues / Heidi Watson, editor.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Watson, Heidi (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Publishers, [2016]
Colección:China in transition (Nova Science Publishers)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • CHINA'S MILITARY AND NAVAL FORCES OVERVIEW, MODERNIZATION, IMPLICATIONS, AND ISSUES ; CHINA'S MILITARY AND NAVAL FORCES OVERVIEW, MODERNIZATION, IMPLICATIONS, AND ISSUES ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE; Chapter 1 THE CHINESE MILITARY: OVERVIEW AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS ; SUMMARY ; INTRODUCTION ; Sources ; BACKGROUND ; Overview of the Chinese Military ; China's Military Modernization; Date of Inception ; Broad Modernization Effort ; Quality vs. Quantity; Goals of Military Modernization Effort ; China's Security Strategy and Perceptions
  • China's Perceptions of Its Security Environment China's Intentions for Its Military ; American Perspectives on China's Intentions ; Selected Elements of Military Modernization ; Air Power; Naval Power ; Ground Forces; Ballistic Missile and Nuclear Forces ; Space Capabilities ; Cyber Capabilities; Weaknesses and Limitations ; China's Defense Budget ; The Official Defense Budget and Outside Analyses; China's Defense Industry ; Geographic Scope of China's Military Operations ; Taiwan Strait ; Hotspots in East Asia ; Global Operations of the PLA ; U.S.-China Military-to-Military Relations
  • U.S. Responses to China's Changing Military Capability ISSUES FOR CONGRESS ; Assessing China's Military Capability ; Assessing China's Intentions for Its Military ; Responding to China's Changing Military Capability; APPENDIX A. PAST LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY; Legislation Prior to the 112th Congress ; Legislative Activity in the 112th, 113th, and 114th Congresses; Recent Adjustments to the DOD China Military Power Report ; APPENDIX B. CHINA'S STRATEGIC CULTURE ; Mao Zedong's Principles ; Evolution of Chinese "Military Thought" ; A Chinese Way of War? ; End Notes
  • Chapter 2 CHINA NAVAL MODERNIZATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. NAVY CAPABILITIES-BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS* SUMMARY ; INTRODUCTION ; Issue for Congress ; Scope, Sources, and Terminology ; BACKGROUND ; Strategic and Budgetary Context ; Shift in International Security Environment ; U.S. Grand Strategy ; U.S. Strategic Rebalancing to Asia-Pacific Region ; Declining U.S. Technological and Qualitative Edge ; Challenge to U.S. Sea Control and U.S. Position in Western Pacific ; Implications of Military Balance in Absence of a Conflict
  • China's "Salami-Slicing" Tactics in East and South China Seas Regional U.S. Allies and Partners ; Limits on Defense Spending in Budget Control Act of 2011 as Amended ; Overview of China's Naval Modernization Effort15 ; Date of Inception ; A Broad-Based Modernization Effort ; Quality vs. Quantity ; Limitations and Weaknesses ; Roles and Missions for China's Navy ; 2014 ONI Testimony ; Selected Elements of China's Naval Modernization Effort ; Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles (ASBMs) and Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles (ASCMs) Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles (ASBMs) ; Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles (ASCMs)