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Patterns in China's use of force : evidence from history and doctrinal writings / Mark Burles, Abram N. Shulsky.

Title
Patterns in China's use of force : evidence from history and doctrinal writings / Mark Burles, Abram N. Shulsky.
Author
Burles, Mark, 1970-
Publication
Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand, 2000.

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  • Shulsky, Abram N.
  • Project Air Force (U.S.)
  • Rand Corporation.
Description
xv, 106 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
The People's Republic of China has often used force in ways that surprised and perplexed other countries. The Chinese appear to believe that, by carefully designing military operations to achieve maximum political effect, they can successfully use force even when the overall military balance is unfavorable. China's past successes in using force in this way while avoiding a massive reaction from its adversaries may give it confidence that it can succeed in the future as well. And China may feel that it can afford to accept greater risks. Many of the past uses of force occurred when China either was not a nuclear power or did not have a secure nuclear second-strike capability. The possession of strategic nuclear weapons may enable the Chinese leadership to run risks that it otherwise could not. This is tempered however, by the facts that China ran its past risks when it had some degree of support from one superpower against the other and that, after decades of economic development, China now has more to lose if it underestimates the risks.
Subject
  • Strategy
  • China > Defenses
  • China > History, Military > 1949-
  • China > Military relations > United States
  • United States > Military relations > China
Genre/Form
Military history
Note
  • "MR-1160-AF."
  • "Prepared for the United States Air Force."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-106).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Patterns in the PRC's Use of Force -- Ch. 3. Chinese National Military Strategy -- Ch. 4. Chinese Use of Force in the Future -- Ch. 5. Local War Under High-Tech Conditions -- Ch. 6. Application of the Strategy: Dealing with the United States -- Ch. 7. Conclusions -- App. A Note on Chinese Strategic Culture.
ISBN
0833028049
LCCN
^^^99088091^
OCLC
  • 42935808
  • SCSB-12768582
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library