China's naval power : an offensive realist approach /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lim, Yves-Heng, 1979-
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2014]
Series:	Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies series.
Subjects:	China. > Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun. > Hai jun. Sea-power > China. Naval strategy. China > Military policy. China > Strategic aspects. Pacific Area > Strategic aspects. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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, (Not) born to be blue?