Assessing China's Naval Power Technological Innovation, Economic Constraints, and Strategic Implications /

This book analyzes the rise of China’s naval power and its possible strategic consequences from a wide variety of perspectives – technological, economic, and geostrategic – while employing a historical-comparative approach throughout. Since naval development requires huge financial resources and mos...

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Main Author: Kirchberger, Sarah. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Global Power Shift,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47127-2
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Naval Power and Its Role in China's Rise
  • 3 Comparing Naval Capability and Estimating the Cost Impact
  • 4 Producing Naval Weapon Systems: The Industrial Basis of Naval Power
  • 5 The PLA Navy's Capability Profile
  • 6 Strategic Implications of China's Naval Build-Up
  • 7 Concluding Remarks and Summary of Results.