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Crossing the Strait: China's military prepares for war with Taiwan / edited by Joel Wuthnow, Derek Grossman, Phillip C. Saunders, Andrew Scobell, Andrew N.D. Yang.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military planning--China--Strategic aspects.
- Military planning.
- Security, International--East Asia.
- Security, International.
- National security--Taiwan.
- National security.
- Government policy.
- International relations.
- Taiwan--International status--Forecasting.
- Taiwan.
- China--Government policy--Taiwan.
- China.
- China--Relations--Taiwan.
- East Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 368 pages) : color map
- Other Title:
- Crossing the Strait
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Defense University Press, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Foreword, Michael T. Plehn
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Crossing the Strait: PLA modernization and Taiwan, Phillip C. Saunders and Joel Wuthnow
- Part I: China's decisionmaking calculus
- 1. Three logics of Chinese policy toward Taiwan: an analytic framework, Philip C. Saunders
- 2. China's calculus on the use of force: futures, costs, benefits, risks, and goals, Andrew Scobell.
- Part II: PLA operations and concepts for Taiwan
- 3. An assessment of China's options for military coercion of Taiwan, Mathieu Duchâtel
- 4. Firepower strike, blockade, landing: PLA campaigns for a cross-strait conflict
- 5. "Killing rats in a porcelain shop": PLA urban warfare in a Taiwan campaign, Sale Lilly
- Part III: Chinese forces and the impact of reform
- 6. PLA army and marine corps amphibious brigades in a post-reform military, Joshua Arostegui
- 7. The PLA airborne corps in a Taiwan scenario
- 8. Getting there: Chinese military and civilian sealift in a cross-strait invasion, Conor M. Kennedy
- 9. PLA logistics and mobilization capacity in a Taiwan invasion, Chieh Chung
- 10. Who does what? Chinese command and control in a Taiwan scenario, Joel Wuthnow
- Part IV: Strengthening Taiwan's defenses
- 11. A net assessment of Taiwan's overall defense concept, Alexander Chieh-cheng Huang
- 12. Winning the fight Taiwan cannot afford to lose, Drew Thompson
- About the contributors.
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource; title from PDF cover page (NDU, viewed August 17, 2022).
- OCLC:
- 1341304032
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