Naval War College Review
Abstract
Michael Swaine, author of the outstanding The Military & Political Succession in China (1992), and his fellow RAND analyst Ashley Tellis have written a very good book about Chinese security in both historical and fu- ture perspective. It will certainly be of inter- est to the policy community, as it should be to all who work on Asian security. Swaine and Tellis define grand strategy as a country’s “basic approach to political- military security.” China’s grand strategy seeks to preserve domestic order, defend against external threats, and eventually attain “geopolitical influence as a major,
Recommended Citation
Davis, Carmel
(2001)
"Interpreting China’s Grand Strategy: Past, Present, and Future,,"
Naval War College Review: Vol. 54:
No.
3, Article 20.
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