Chinese Strategy and Military Modernization in 2015: A Comparative Analysis

Anthony H. Cordesman; Steven Colley

doi:10.5771/9781442259010

Summary

China’s emergence as a global economic superpower, and as a major regional military power in Asia and the Pacific, has had a major impact on its relations with the United States and its neighbors. China was the driving factor in the new strategy the United States announced in 2012 that called for a “rebalance” of U.S. forces to the Asia-Pacific region. At the same time, China’s actions on its borders, in the East China Sea, and in the South China Sea have shown that it is steadily expanding its geopolitical role in the Pacific and having a steadily increasing impact on the strategy and military developments in other Asian powers.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2016
Copyright Year: 2016
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-5900-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-5901-0
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 570
Product Type: Monograph

1. Table of Contents No access
CHAPTER 1: EVOLVING STRATEGIES IN THE CHINA-U.S. MILITARY BALANCE No access Pages 1 - 24
CHAPTER 2: ASSESSING CHINA’S ARMED FORCES No access Pages 25 - 43
CHAPTER 3: UNDERLYING RESOURCES FOR CHINA’S SECURITY CAPABILITIES No access Pages 44 - 86
CHAPTER 4: ESTIMATES OF CHINESE MILITARY SPENDING No access Pages 87 - 107
CHAPTER 5: CHINESE STRATEGY AND PLA MILITARY DOCTRINE No access Pages 108 - 142
CHAPTER 6: CHINESE MILITARY ORGANIZATION No access Pages 143 - 161
CHAPTER 7: FORCE CHANGES AND TRENDS IN TOTAL PERSONNEL No access Pages 162 - 172
CHAPTER 8: BROAD PATTERNS IN PLA MODERNIZATION AND THE ROLE OF ARMS AND TECHNOLOGY IMPORTS AND EXPORTS No access Pages 173 - 197
CHAPTER 9: THE PLA ARMY No access Pages 198 - 220
CHAPTER 10: THE PLA NAVY No access Pages 221 - 266
CHAPTER 11: PLA AIR FORCE No access Pages 267 - 292
CHAPTER 12: THE PLA SECOND ARTILLERY FORCE AND DEVELOPING SPACE CAPABILITIES No access Pages 293 - 344
CHAPTER 13: CHINA’S NUCLEAR FORCES AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION No access Pages 345 - 384
CHAPTER 14: CHINESE MILITARY MODERNIZATION AND THE TAIWAN STRAIT MILITARY BALANCE No access Pages 385 - 428
CHAPTER 15: U.S. AND CHINA: STRATEGIC COMPETITION OR COOPERATION IN THE PACIFIC, IOR, AND SOUTH CHINA SEA No access Pages 429 - 473
CHAPTER 16: U.S. AND CHINA: U.S. “REBALANCING” AND THE CHINESE REACTION No access Pages 474 - 570