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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haddick, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sea-power.

Security, International.

Pacific Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

2022.

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2022]

Summary:

When Robert Haddick wrote Fire on the Water, first published in 2014, most policy experts and the public underestimated the threat China's military modernization posed to the U.S. strategic position in the Indo-Pacific region. Today, the rapid Chinese military buildup has many policy experts wondering whether the United States and its allies can maintain conventional military deterrence in the region, and the topic is central to defense planning in the United States. In this new edition, Haddick argues that the United States and its allies can sustain conventional deterrence in the face of China's military buildup. However, doing so will require U.S. policymakers and planners to overcome institutional and cultural barriers to reforms necessary to implement a new strategy for the region.

Contents:

A four-decade drive to a collision

It matters who runs the Pacific

The origins of America's archaic military machine in the Pacific

China's strategy : the missile revolution and political warfare

America pivots to Asia, then stumbles

Designing a competitive strategy for the Indo-Pacific

Thwarting a Chinese fait accompli : job one for aerospace power

Roles for naval power in the sensor and missile age

How to win the long marathon in the Indo-Pacific.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Haddick, Robert Fire on the Water

ISBN:

1-68247-803-3