1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462999303321

Autore

Lim Yves-Heng <1979->

Titolo

China's naval power : an offensive realist approach / / Yves-Heng Lim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, UK England : , : Ashgate Pub. Limited, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-317-16717-1

1-317-16716-3

1-4094-5185-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies series

Disciplina

359/.030951

Soggetti

Sea-power - China

Naval strategy - China

Electronic books.

China Military policy

China Strategic aspects

Pacific Area Strategic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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?

Sommario/riassunto

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.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784247703321

Autore

Hybel Alex Roberto

Titolo

The Bush administrations and Saddam Hussein [[electronic resource] ] : deciding on conflict / / Alex Roberto Hybel and Justin Matthew Kaufman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-137-35702-9

1-281-36089-9

9786611360894

0-230-60114-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Advances in foreign policy analysis

Altri autori (Persone)

KaufmanJustin Matthew

Disciplina

956.7044/32

Soggetti

Persian Gulf War, 1991

Iraq War, 2003-2011

United States Foreign relations Iraq

Iraq Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations 1989-

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction: Two Surprises, Two Wars, Two Presidents, One Family; Chapter One: Alternative Theories of Foreign Policy-Making; Chapter Two: Two Harmful Surprises; Chapter Three: The Logic of Surprise versus the Logic of Surprise Avoidance; Chapter Four: Two Very Different Wars; Chapter Five: The Apple Sometimes Falls Close to the Tree; Chapter Six: The Absence of a Rational Process; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The authors present a vital analysis of the foreign policy-making processes of the two Bush administrations prior to the attacks on Iraq. In a thorough comparison, they show how both presidents used historical analogies to evaluate information, relied on instinct to formulate decisions, and drew on moral language to justify their choices.