Yves-Heng Lim

China's Naval Power

An Offensive Realist Approach

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Produktbeschreibung

The rapid modernization of the Chinese Navy is a well-documented reality of the post-Cold War world. This book makes sense of Chinese priorities in its naval modernization and argues that the orientation of Beijing's choices concerning its naval forces can essentially be explained by China's position as a potential regional hegemony. Lim highlights how a rising state develops naval power to fulfil its security objectives, a theoretical perspective that goes further than the sole Chinese case.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781409451846
• ISBN-10: 1409451844
• Artikelnr.: 41249740

Autorenporträt

Yves-Heng Lim, Fujen Catholic University, Taiwan.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Foreword, Thomas M. Kane
Introduction
Naval power and the quest for regional hegemony
China's rise in East Asia: the political context of Beijing's bid for regional hegemony
The offensive turn of China's naval strategy and doctrine
The modernization of Chinese naval forces
Taiwan ... and beyond
Territorial and maritime issues in the China Seas
The great naval chessboard: sea power and the Chinese quest for hegemony
Conclusion
References
Index.