China's Future Nuclear Submarine Force (Studies in Chinese Maritime Development) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1591143268 ISBN 13: 9781591143260

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 2012

Synopsis

The trajectory of Chinese nuclear propulsion for submarines may be one of the best single indicators of whether or not China intends to become a genuine global military power. Nuclear submarines, with their unparalleled survivability, remain ideal platforms for persistent operations in far-flung sea areas and offer an efficient means for China to strengthen deterrence and project power.
This collection of essays presents the latest thinking of leading experts on the emergence of a modern nuclear submarine fleet in China. Each contribution is packed with authoritative data and cogent analysis. The book has been compiled by four professors at the U.S. Naval War College who are co-founders of the college's China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI).
Given the opaque nature of China's undersea warfare development, readers will benefit from this penetrating investigation that considers the potential impact of revolutionary changes in Chinese nuclear submarine capabilities. This book is essential reading for everyone interested in China's foreign and defense policies; in the future of the U.S. Navy; and in the defense of the United States.
This is the first book in the series "Studies in Chinese Maritime Development" published jointly by the China Maritime Studies Institute and the Naval Institute Press.

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ADDITIONAL EVALUATIONS:
"...features contributions by some of America's most prominent (and promising) analysts of PRC naval affairs."
-Alan Wachman, Naval War College Review 61.2 (Spring 2008): 134.
"...offers the most comprehensive open-source analysis yet made public of the transformation of the PLAN and the central role that submarines are likely to play in the years ahead. ...has already become the benchmark unclassified study on the development of the PLAN's sub-surface combat capability."
-Richard Scott, "China's Submarine Force Awaits a Cultural Revolution," Jane's Navy International, 1 January 2008.
"...if a book such as China's Future Nuclear Submarine Force had appeared in 1930 on the subject of Japanese developments in naval air power and force projection, the U.S. 'battleship admirals' may have been overruled by the carrier advocates in the critical period leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7, 1941. This new book... is that good."
-Gregory R. Copley, "The Pacific Turns a Pinker Hue," Maritime Studies 156 (September/October 2007): 24-25.
"Reading this excellent volume should waken many of us in the U.S. Navy to remain vigilant and always explore the totality of assets a potential adversary may have, even though they maybe technologically inferior to our own."
-LCDR Youssef Aboul-Enein, USN, Naval District Washington, DC, 10 May 2007.

From the Inside Flap:

One of the key concerns of naval strategists and planners today is the nature of the Chinese geostrategic challenge. Conceding that no one can know for certain China's intentions in terms of future conflict, the editors of this hot-topic book argue that the trajectory of Chinese nuclear propulsion for submarines may be one of the best single indicators of China's ambitions of global military power. Nuclear submarines, with their unparalleled survivability, remain ideal platforms for persistent operations in far-flung sea areas and offer an efficient means for China to project power.
This collection of essays presents the latest thinking of leading experts on the emergence of a modern nuclear submarine fleet in China. Each contribution is packed with authoritative data and cogent analysis. The book has been compiled by four professors and analysts at the U.S. Naval War College who are co-founders of the college's recently established China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI).
Given the opaque nature of China's undersea warfare development, readers will benefit from this penetrating investigation that considers the potential impact of even the most revolutionary changes in Chinese nuclear submarine capabilities. The editors believe that to ignore such possibilities would be the height of strategic folly and represent inexcusable negligence in terms of U.S. national defense. 
Anyone who is interested in the future of the U.S. Navy and the defense of the United States will find this book to be essential reading.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1591143268
• ISBN 13: 9781591143260
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Goldstein Lyle J., Erickson Andrew Sven, Murray William S., Wilson Andrew