China's Strategic Arsenal
 280 pp., 6 x 9 Hardcover ISBN: 9781647120788 () 280 pp., 6 x 9 Paperback ISBN: 9781647120795 () eBook ISBN: 9781647120801 E-Inspection Request E-Inspection April 2021 Sales Rights: World EXPLORE THIS TITLE DescriptionTable of Contents Reviews Contributors |
China's Strategic Arsenal
Worldview, Doctrine, and Systems
A critical look at how China's growing strategic arsenal could impact a rapidly changing world order Paul J. Bolt is a professor and the head of the Department of Political Science at the US Air Force Academy. He has published on Chinese foreign relations and defense issues, and coauthored China, Russia, and Twenty-First Century Global Geopolitics. James M. Smith is the director of the US Air Force Institute for National Security Studies at the US Air Force Academy, where he serves as a professor of strategic studies. He has published on strategic issues, terrorism, and military leader development.
Reviews
"As nuclear weapons are poised to play a more important role in US-China relations than ever before, this timely and terrific volume unpacks the evolution of China's nuclear forces. It is essential reading for anyone interested in Asian security."—Taylor Fravel, director of MIT Security Studies Program "China's Strategic Arsenal provides an insightful assessment of all important facets of China's growing, and increasingly capable, nuclear arsenal. It is a welcome addition to the literature on China and nuclear matters."—Thomas G. Mahnken, senior research professor at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) "As the US-China competition intensifies, nuclear weapons are certain to move up the bilateral agenda, as both a security challenge and, perhaps, as an area of cooperation. China's Strategic Arsenal is essential reading for an up-to-date and comprehensive volume that provides judicious insights about China's nuclear doctrine, strategy, and capabilities, including opportunities for arms control."—Penner Family Chair in Asia Studies, Georgetown University, and former National Security Council Senior Director for Asia "Exceptionally well organized and presented, "China's Strategic Arsenal: Worldview, Doctrine, and Systems" is a seminal collection of nine impressively informative contributions by experts in the field, making it a critically essential and unreservedly recommended addition to community, governmental, college and university library China-Us international relations and security collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists."—Midwest Book Review "[T]the book performs an excellent service by enriching the public debate with a deep, nuanced review of the key technical, doctrinal, geopolitical, and cultural dimensions of the evolving nuclear thinking that appears to be shaping China's current and future policy."—Arms Control Today "[China's Strategic Arsenal] was an extremely well-researched collection that painted a modern picture of China's strategic arsenal."—Air & Space Power Journal (ASPJ) Table of Contents Introduction 1. The US-Chinese Relationship and China as a Twenty-first Century Strategic Power, James M. Smith and Paul J. Bolt 2. China's "Nested" Worldview, Andrew Scobell 3. China's Nuclear Doctrine and Deterrence Concept, Christopher P. Twomey 4. Strategic Stability and the Impact of China's Modernizing Strategic Strike Forces, Sugio Takahashi 5. China's Strategic Systems and Programs, Hans M. Kristensen 6. China's Regional Nuclear Capability, Non-Nuclear Strategic Systems, and Integration of Concepts and Operations, Phillip C. Saunders and David C. Logan 7. Organization of China's Strategic Forces, Bates Gill 8. China on Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Strategic Stability, Nancy W. Gallagher 9. China's Strategic Future, Brad Roberts List of Contributors Index Contributors Paul J. Bolt, Nancy Gallagher, Bates Gill, Hans M. Kristensen, David C. Logan, Brad Roberts, Phillip C. Saunders, Andrew Scobell, James M. Smith, Sugio Takahashi, Christopher P. Twomey |