Fire on water : China, America, and the future of the Pacific / / Robert Haddick

• Autore: Haddick Robert
• Pubblicazione: Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 355/.03301823
• Soggetto topico: Sea-power - Pacific Area
• Soggetto geografico: Pacific Area Strategic aspects; United States Military policy; China Strategic aspects; China Military policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A three-decade drive to a collision -- It matters who runs the Pacific -- America's archaic military machine in the Pacific -- China's strategy: salami slicing and the missile revolution -- America pivots to Asia, then stumbles -- A competitive strategy for the Pacific -- A new approach to America's Pacific partnerships -- The future of air power in the Pacific -- The struggle for control of the western Pacific -- A new American strategy for the Asia-Pacific region.
• Sommario/riassunto: The main theme of Fire on the Water is that conventional measures of military balance, employed by both the general public and many policy experts, underestimate the threat that China's military modernization poses to the U.S. position in the Asia-Pacific region. Within a decade, China's leaders will have the military power to hold at risk U.S. interest in East Asia. The U.S. needs to fashion a new and competitive strategy, one that better matches the strengths of the U.S. and its allies against China's vulnerabilities, in order to maintain a balance of power in the region and convince China's
• Titolo autorizzato: Fire on water
• ISBN: 0-87021-060-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465424803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II