Richard Bitzinger

Arming Asia (eBook, PDF)

Technonationalism and its Impact on Local Defense Industries

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book aims to examine defense industrialization in several leading arms-producing states in Asia - China, India, Japan and South Korea - in order to decipher if autarky or self-sufficiency in armaments production, remains to be an adequate strategy for the task of developing and manufacturing next-generation weapon systems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317484905
• Artikelnr.: 47393041

Autorenporträt

Richard A. Bitzinger is Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is the author of Towards a Brave New Arms Industry? (Oxford University Press, 2003), "Come the Revolution: Transforming the Asia-Pacific's Militaries," Naval War College Review (Fall 2005), Transforming the U.S. Military: Implications for the Asia-Pacific (ASPI, December 2006), and "Military Modernization in the Asia-Pacific: Assessing New Capabilities," Asia's Rising Power (NBR, 2010). He is also the editor of The Modern Defense Industry: Political, Economic and Technological Issues (Praeger, 2009) and Emerging Critical Technologies and their Impact on Asian-Pacific Security (Palgrave, 2016)

Inhaltsangabe

1. Acknowledgements
2. Introduction
3. Chapter 1: Military Technonationalism and the Drive for Indigenous Arms
Manufacturing
4. Chapter 2: Military Modernization in the Asia-Pacific: An Overview
5. Chapter 3: China
6. Chapter 4: India
7. Chapter 5: The Republic of Korea
8. Chapter 6: Other Asian Arms Producers: Southeast Asia and Taiwan
9. Chapter 7: Conclusions: The Future of Military Technonationalism in Asia