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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815810203321

Titolo

Rebalancing U.S. forces : basing and forward presence in the Asia-Pacific / / edited by Carnes Lord and Andrew S. Erickson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61251-464-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Disciplina

355.03307305

Soggetti

Military bases, American - Pacific Area

United States Military policy

United States Military relations Pacific Area

Pacific Area Military relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Guam and American security in the Pacific / Andrew S. Erickson and Justin Mikolay -- Japanese bases and Chinese missiles / Toshi Yoshihara -- South Korea: an alliance in transition / Terence Roehrig -- The U.S. strategic relationship with Australia / Jack McCaffrie and Chris Rahman -- Singapore: forward operating site / Chris Rahman -- Diego Garcia and American security in the Indian Ocean / Walter C. Ladwig III, Andrew S. Erickson, and Justin D. Mikolay -- U.S. bases and domestic politics in Central Asia / Alexander Cooley -- The role of sea basing / Sam J. Tangredi -- About the contributors -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

merican seapower requires a robust constellation of bases to support global power projection. Given the rise of China and the emergence of the Asia-Pacific as the center of global economic growth and strategic contention, nowhere is American basing access more important than in this region. Yet manifold political and military challenges, stemming not least of which from rapidly-improving Chinese long-range precision strike capabilities, complicate the future of American access and security here. This book addresses what will be needed to maintain the fundaments of U.S. seapower and force