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Red Star Over the Pacific, Second Edition: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy
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Product 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 has laid 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 missile force. The authors conclude that China now presents a challenge to America's strategic position of such magnitude that Washington must compete in earnest. Review " Red Star Over the Pacific - Second Edition, provides readers an up to date view of the expanded capacity of the People's Republic of China's Army's Navy, its capacity, its philosophy, and its view as hegemon of Asian waters - extending to Africa…. I recommend reading the book, Red Star Over the Pacific to obtain a better and more balanced view of where China is, and where they plan to be as they expand sea lane control (to the extent that it is needed) to insure their supply of raw materials and to support their Belt Road Initiative through Asia and Africa." -- Virtual Mirage " Red Star Over the Pacific is at once succinct and expansive, accessible and erudite. Moreover, it is incredibly illuminating--the kind of book in which you will find yourself highlighting and writing notes in the margins. The authors don't just admire the problem of China's growing naval power; they explain how this power fits into China's worldview and grand strategic design. They set out to tell us what Chinese leaders are doing and why. If you only have time to read one book about the challenge China poses to U.S. interests in the Pacific, make it this one." -- Strategy Bridge "This book is entirely readable." -- McCall Digest "[We] recommend Red Star over the Pacific to both experts and the general public as a useful insight into the remarkable shift in attitudes towards the sea and the maritime dimension in Chinese strategic, military and commercial thinking." -- United Service " Red Star Over the Pacific should be read and studied not just by American policymakers and the American public, but also by the statesmen and people of the Asia-Pacific region, including those in China." -- Asian Review of Books " Red Star Over The Pacific is particularly engrossing, relevant, and timely…. Their research is so thorough the details are clear." --International Journal of Maritime History "The renowned British geopolitical theorist Halford Mackinder wrote that great statesmanship requires 'geographical capacity' and 'an insight into the minds of other nations'.... American statesmen who want to develop these qualities to approach the 21st-century world should consult the new edition of Red Star Over the Pacific, written by Toshi Yoshihara of the US Centre for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, and James Holmes of the Naval War College in the state of Rhode Island. The book combines brilliant geopolitical insight, a careful review of Chinese naval writings, and a thorough knowledge of Chinese and American naval weapons systems, tactics and strategies - both historical and contemporary." -- South China Morning Post "This [is an] extraordinarily detailed work." -- The Washington Times "[An] extraordinarily detailed work." --Intelligencer: Journal of U.S. Intelligence Studies "An excellent analysis of Chinese maritime strategic thinking. It should be read not only by politicians and academics but by naval officers all over the world too." -- German Maritime Competence Net About the Author TOSHI YOSHIHARA is a senio
