Red Star Over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy

Toshi Yoshihara, James R. Holmes

Naval Institute Press, Mar 15, 2013 - History - 312 pages

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 is laying 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 ballistic-missile submarine fleet. The authors conclude that unless Washington adapts, China will present a challenge to America's strategic position.

• Selected:
  
• For the Chief of Naval Operation's Reading List
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• By The Atlantic as one of the Best Books of the Year on foreign affairs in 2010
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• By Proceedings magazine as a Notable Naval book in 2010.
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About the author

Dr. Toshi Yoshihara is a professor in the Strategy and Policy Department at the Naval War College. Previously, he was a visiting professor in the Strategy Department at the Air War College. Dr. Yoshihara holds a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. James R. Holmes is a professor of strategy at the Naval War College and a faculty associate at the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs. A former U.S. Navy surface warfare officer, he earned a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Red Star Over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy
• Authors: Toshi Yoshihara, James R. Holmes
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 2013
• ISBN: 1591149797, 9781591149798
• Length: 312 pages
• Subjects: History / Asia / China; History / Military / General; History / Military / Naval; History / Military / Strategy; History / Military / United States; Political Science / Geopolitics; Political Science / Security (National & International)