Competitive strategies for the 21st century : theory, history, and practice / edited by Thomas G. Mahnken.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mahnken, Thomas G., 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--United States--Congresses.

National security.

Strategic rivalries (World politics)--Congresses.

Strategic rivalries (World politics).

United States--Foreign relations--China--Congresses.

United States.

China--Foreign relations--United States--Congresses.

China.

United States--Foreign relations--21st century--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The U.S. today faces the most complex and challenging security environment in recent memory— even as it deals with growing constraints on its ability to respond to threats. Its most consequential challenge is the rise of China, which increasingly has the capability to deny the U.S. access to areas of vital national interest and to undermine alliances that have underpinned regional stability for over half a century. Thus, the time is right for the U.S. to adopt a long-term strategy for dealing with China; one that includes but is not limited to military means, and that fully includes U.S. allies in the region. This book uses the theory and practice of peacetime great-power strategic competition to derive recommendations for just such a strategy. After examining the theory of peacetime strategic competition, it assesses the U.S.-China military balance in depth, considers the role of America's allies in the region, and explores strategies that the U.S could adopt to improve its strategic position relative to China over the long term.

Contents:

The concept of competitive strategies / Thomas G. Mahnken

Competitive strategies : theoretical foundations, limits, and extensions / Stephen P. Rosen

Strategic interaction : theory and history for practitioners / Bradford A. Lee

Barriers to acting strategically : why strategy is so difficult / Barry D. Watts

U.S. competitive strategy during the Cold War / Gordon S. Barrass

Overview of the competitive strategies initiative / Daniel I. Gouré

Soviet military thought and the U.S. competitive strategies initiative / John Battilega

The state of the U.S.-China competition / James Holmes

The Chinese view of the competition / Jacqueline Newmyer Deal

The power projection balance in Asia / Dan Blumenthal

The undersea balance / Owen Coté

A competitive strategy with Chinese characteristics? : the Second Artillery's growing conventional forces and missions / Michael S. Chase and Andrew S. Erickson

Japan's competitive strategies at sea : a preliminary assessment / Toshi Yoshihara

Strategic competition in the western Pacific : an Australian perspective / Ross Babbage

Developing a strategy for a long-term Sino-US competition / James P. Thomas and Evan B. Montgomery

China's maritime salient : competitive strategies on the oceanic front for the 21st century / Paul S. Giarra

Cultural barriers to implementing a competitive strategy / James R. FitzSimonds.

Notes:

"This volume grew out of a conference on 'Developing Competitive Strategies for the 21st Century,' which was held at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island in August 2010.": p. ix.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804783187

0804783187

OCLC:

809768596