China's Strategic Arsenal

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.

• Introduction1. The US-Chinese Relationship and China as a Twenty-first Century Strategic Power, James M. Smith and Paul J. Bolt2. China’s “Nested” Worldview, Andrew Scobell3. China’s Nuclear Doctrine and Deterrence Concept, Christopher P. Twomey4. Strategic Stability and the Impact of China’s Modernizing Strategic Strike Forces, Sugio Takahashi5. China’s Strategic Systems and Programs, Hans M. Kristensen6. China’s Regional Nuclear Capability, Non-Nuclear Strategic Systems, and Integration of Concepts and Operations, Phillip C. Saunders and David C. Logan7. Organization of China’s Strategic Forces, Bates Gill8. China on Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Strategic Stability, Nancy W. Gallagher9. China’s Strategic Future, Brad RobertsList of ContributorsIndex

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.