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Fire on the water, China, America, and the future of the Pacific, Robert Haddick

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Fire on the water

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Robert Haddick

China, America, and the future of the Pacific

"When Robert Haddick wrote Fire on the Water, first published in 2014, most policy experts and the public underestimated the threat China's military modernization posed to the U.S. strategic position in the Indo-Pacific region. Today, the rapid Chinese military buildup has many policy experts wondering whether the United States and its allies can maintain conventional military deterrence in the region, and the topic is central to defense planning in the United States. In this new edition, Haddick argues that the United States and its allies can sustain conventional deterrence in the face of China's military buildup. However, doing so will require U.S. policymakers and planners to overcome institutional and cultural barriers to reforms necessary to implement a new strategy for the region"--, Provided by publisher

A four-decade drive to a collision -- It matters who runs the Pacific -- The origins of America's archaic military machine in the Pacific -- China's strategy : the missile revolution and political warfare -- America pivots to Asia, then stumbles -- Designing a competitive strategy for the Indo-Pacific -- Thwarting a Chinese fait accompli : job one for aerospace power -- Roles for naval power in the sensor and missile age -- How to win the long marathon in the Indo-Pacific