China''s Use of Armed Coercion - To Win Without Fighting

This book analyses when, how, why, and to what effect China has used its armed forces in recent decades to coerce other actors in the international system.

List of contents

1. To Win Without Fighting: Coercion in China's Military Strategy 2. China's Armed Coercion: Patterns and Rationale 3. Assessing China's Use of Armed Coercion 4. China Goes to War: Signaling and Intervention in Korea, India, and Vietnam 5. One China, Or Else: Military Escalation and Signaling in the Taiwan Strait 6. China and Japan: The Return of Rivalry 7. Conquering the Commons: Coercion in the South China Sea 8. On the Precipice: Crisis and Confrontation on the China-India Border 9. China's Multi-Domain Deterrence of the U.S. 10. Military Operations Other Than War (with Chinese Characteristics) 11. Conclusion Technical Appendix

About the author

James A. Siebens is a Fellow at the non-partisan Stimson Center, where he leads the Defense Strategy and Planning program.

Product details

• Authors: James A. (Stimson Center Siebens
• Assisted by: James A. Siebens (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032481869
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3248186-9
• No. of pages: 286
• Series: Asian Security Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Asia / China, International Relations, Defence strategy, planning & research, Military and defence strategy, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science