This extraordinarily detailed work delivers a stark message: “Maritime China poses challenges now that America, its allies, and its friends overlook at their peril.”
The warning carries special significance because the authors relied “heavily on Chinese literature to make sense of China's future direction at sea.” In open-source materials, Chinese naval and Communist party officials discuss not only maritime strategy and policy but also provide operational details on various weapon systems, especially missile technology. (Intelligence buffs will perhaps be surprised at the depth of information made available through such sources. To be sure, much other information remains secret.)
Authors Toshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes are naval intellectuals, both affiliated with the Fletcher School at Tufts University, with rich backgrounds in their fields.
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