Toshi Yoshihara is a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. He was previously the John A.van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies at the US Naval War College and coauthored Red Star over the Pacific: China’s Rise and the Challenge to US Maritime Strategy.

• List of MapsAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. An Overlooked History3. The East China Navy4. The People’s Navy5. The Xiamen, Jinmen, and Zhoushan Campaigns6. The Hainan and Wanshan Campaigns7. An Assessment of the PLA’s Seaward Turn8. Discerning Institutional Continuities9. ConclusionAppendix A. Names in ChineseSelected BibliographyIndexAbout the Author

The biggest drawback of the book is that at only 173 pages with notes, it leaves the reader wanting more...Ultimately, the value of Yoshihara’s work is that he has both uncovered the history and explained why it matters in an accessible volume.

Toshi Yoshihara is a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. He was previously the John A.van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies at the US Naval War College and coauthored Red Star over the Pacific: China’s Rise and the Challenge to US Maritime Strategy.

• List of MapsAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. An Overlooked History3. The East China Navy4. The People’s Navy5. The Xiamen, Jinmen, and Zhoushan Campaigns6. The Hainan and Wanshan Campaigns7. An Assessment of the PLA’s Seaward Turn8. Discerning Institutional Continuities9. ConclusionAppendix A. Names in ChineseSelected BibliographyIndexAbout the Author

The biggest drawback of the book is that at only 173 pages with notes, it leaves the reader wanting more...Ultimately, the value of Yoshihara’s work is that he has both uncovered the history and explained why it matters in an accessible volume.

Toshi Yoshihara is a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. He was previously the John A.van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies at the US Naval War College and coauthored Red Star over the Pacific: China’s Rise and the Challenge to US Maritime Strategy.

• List of MapsAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. An Overlooked History3. The East China Navy4. The People’s Navy5. The Xiamen, Jinmen, and Zhoushan Campaigns6. The Hainan and Wanshan Campaigns7. An Assessment of the PLA’s Seaward Turn8. Discerning Institutional Continuities9. ConclusionAppendix A. Names in ChineseSelected BibliographyIndexAbout the Author

The biggest drawback of the book is that at only 173 pages with notes, it leaves the reader wanting more...Ultimately, the value of Yoshihara’s work is that he has both uncovered the history and explained why it matters in an accessible volume.