China and international security : history, strategy, and 21st-century policy / Donovan C. Chau and Thomas M. Kane, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chau, Donovan C.

Kane, Thomas M.

Series:

Praeger security international (Series)

Praeger security international

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Strategic aspects.

China.

China--Military policy.

National security--China.

National security.

China--History, Military.

China--Foreign relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (919 p.)

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first work of its kind, this strategic assessment of China's national security reveals the nation's intentions, capabilities, and threats-and their implications for the United States and the world.

Contents:

Cover; Volume 1; Contents; A Real Education: Dedication to Dr. Harold W. Rood; Introduction; 1. China's Strategical Geography and Its Consequences; Part I: Strategic History; 2. The Genesis of Sun Tzu: The Art of War; 3. Learning the "Superior Techniques of the Barbarians": China's Self-Strengthening Movement; 4. The Junfa and Their Armies: China, 1916-1937; 5. The End of Informal Empire in China; Part II: Naval History; 6. Making the PLAN: A Concise History of the People's Liberation Army Navy; 7. Visionary or Bureaucrat? The Role of Liu Huaqing in PLAN Strategy and Modernization

8. Patriotic Localism: The Historical Context of Hainan and the South China SeaPart III: Strategic Relationships in Historical Context; 9. Gazing Eagle, Hiding Dragon: Transparency and the Sino-American Strategic Rivalry; 10. The Sino-Russian Axis: Strategic Partners Now, Rivals in History; 11. Himalayan Rivalry: Sino-Indian Cold War Security Competition; 12. China's Relations with the Smaller Countries of South Asia; 13. Sino-Israeli Defense Relations: In Search of Common Strategic Ground; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

About the Editors and ContributorsVolume 2; Contents; A Real Education: Dedication to Dr. Harold W. Rood; Introduction; Part I: Key Internal Security Issues; 1. Sex and Security: Implications of Sex Ratios for China's National Security; 2. Human Rights and National Style: The Case of China; 3. Minority Unrest and Security in China; Part II: Foreign Policy, Debates, and Issues; 4. Disentangling the Dragons: Tao Guang Yang Hui and the "China Threat"; 5. Continuity and Change: China's Security Understanding from "New Security Concept" to 2010

6. Noninterference in Contemporary Chinese Foreign Policy: Fact or Fiction?7. Core of the Core: China's Interests and Priorities in the South China Sea; Part III: Party, Military, and Arms; 8. Military Professionalization under Party Control; 9. Challenging and Maintaining Stability in the PRC; 10. The Fallacy of CCP Democratic Reform; 11. Between State and Market: The Political Economy of Chinese Arms Exports; Part IV: Conceptualizing State and Security; 12. Is China a Nation-State?; 13. Self-Identity in China's Conceptions of Human Security; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N

OP; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; About the Editors and Contributors; Volume 3; Contents; A Real Education: Dedication to Dr. Harold W. Rood; Introduction; Part I: China's Regional Security Strategy; 1. National Consolidation or Poison Pill? Taiwan and China's Quest for "Re-Unification"; 2. China and Southeast Asia: Changing Tactics, Enduring Strategy; 3. The Role of Energy in Chinese, Russian, and Central Asian Relations; 4. China's Policy toward the Korean Peninsula: Domestic Perspectives; 5. East Asian Security Order as a Response to Chinese Foreign Policy

6. Lips and Teeth? China and Northeast Asia

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-84-00-62560-2

979-82-16-06013-0

1-4408-0001-4

1-4408-0002-2

OCLC:

1457920044