"If you''re going to read one book about the Chinese military, read this one." - The Atlantic " Red Star Over the Pacific is an informative read and should be read by anyone involved in the development and implementation of diplomatic, military and political strategy at the international level." -- Canadian Naval Review "This work provides an in-depth and up-to-date look into the Chinese navy''s capabilities and capacities. It also provides a thorough explanation of how the Chinese Communist Party has already used, and plans to use further, this maritime power to help achieve its strategic goals." -- War on the Rocks "[An] extraordinarily detailed work." -- Intelligencer: Journal of U.S. Intelligence Studies "This book is entirely readable.

" -- McCall Digest " Red Star Over the Pacific should be read and studied not just by American policymakers and the American public, but also by the statesmen and people of the Asia-Pacific region, including those in China." -- Asian Review of Books "The renowned British geopolitical theorist Halford Mackinder wrote that great statesmanship requires ''geographical capacity'' and ''an insight into the minds of other nations''. American statesmen who want to develop these qualities to approach the 21st-century world should consult the new edition of Red Star Over the Pacific , written by Toshi Yoshihara of the US Centre for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, and James Holmes of the Naval War College in the state of Rhode Island. The book combines brilliant geopolitical insight, a careful review of Chinese naval writings, and a thorough knowledge of Chinese and American naval weapons systems, tactics and strategies - both historical and contemporary." -- South China Morning Post " Red Star Over the Pacific outlines the massive growth in capability and size of China''s naval forces in a way that is straightforward to understand, and they also cover the implications of Chinese naval force development and the way it impacts and compares to the U.S. Navy. Fascinating and current, the book is also a warning to the reader to take competition and potential conflict in the Pacific seriously, as the authors make clear just how important naval power has become to Chinese grand strategy.

" -- CIMSEC "This book is a very valuable source of information for those interested in the trajectory of China''s navy, the history of its naval development, the motivations for its maritime expansion and the ways and means by which the United States and its allies could counter the PLAN--as such Red Star over the Pacific is highly recommended reading." -- The Australian Naval Institute "This [is aninsight, a careful review of Chinese naval writings, and a thorough knowledge of Chinese and American naval weapons systems, tactics and strategies - both historical and contemporary." -- South China Morning Post " Red Star Over the Pacific outlines the massive growth in capability and size of China''s naval forces in a way that is straightforward to understand, and they also cover the implications of Chinese naval force development and the way it impacts and compares to the U.S. Navy. Fascinating and current, the book is also a warning to the reader to take competition and potential conflict in the Pacific seriously, as the authors make clear just how important naval power has become to Chinese grand strategy." -- CIMSEC "This book is a very valuable source of information for those interested in the trajectory of China''s navy, the history of its naval development, the motivations for its maritime expansion and the ways and means by which the United States and its allies could counter the PLAN--as such Red Star over the Pacific is highly recommended reading." -- The Australian Naval Institute "This [is anStates and its allies could counter the PLAN--as such Red Star over the Pacific is highly recommended reading.

" -- The Australian Naval Institute "This [is aninsight, a careful review of Chinese naval writings, and a thorough knowledge of Chinese and American naval weapons systems, tactics and strategies - both historical and contemporary." -- South China Morning Post " Red Star Over the Pacific outlines the massive growth in capability and size of China''s naval forces in a way that is straightforward to understand, and they also cover the implications of Chinese naval force development and the way it impacts and compares to the U.S. Navy. Fascinating and current, the book is also a warning to the reader to take competition and potential conflict in the Pacific seriously, as the authors make clear just how important naval power has become to Chinese grand strategy." -- CIMSEC "This book is a very valuable source of information for those interested in the trajectory of China''s navy, the history of its naval development, the motivations for its maritime expansion and the ways and means by which the United States and its allies could counter the PLAN--as such Red Star over the Pacific is highly recommended reading." -- The Australian Naval Institute "This [is aninsight, a careful review of Chinese naval writings, and a thorough knowledge of Chinese and American naval weapons systems, tactics and strategies - both historical and contemporary." -- South China Morning Post " Red Star Over the Pacific outlines the massive growth in capability and size of China''s naval forces in a way that is straightforward to understand, and they also cover the implications of Chinese naval force development and the way it impacts and compares to the U.

S. Navy. Fascinating and current, the book is also a warning to the reader to take competition and potential conflict in the Pacific seriously, as the authors make clear just how important naval power has become to Chinese grand strategy." -- CIMSEC "This book is a very valuable source of information for those interested in the trajectory of China''s navy, the history of its naval development, the motivations for its maritime expansion and the ways and means by which the United States and its allies could counter the PLAN--as such Red Star over the Pacific is highly recommended reading." -- The Australian Naval Institute "This [is anStates and its allies could counter the PLAN--as such Red Star over the Pacific is highly recommended reading." -- The Australian Naval Institute "This [is anStates and its allies could counter the PLAN--as such Red Star over the Pacific is highly recommended reading." -- The Australian Naval Institute "This [is aninsight, a careful review of Chinese naval writings, and a thorough knowledge of Chinese and American naval weapons systems, tactics and strategies - both historical and contemporary." -- South China Morning Post " Red Star Over the Pacific outlines the massive growth in capability and size of China''s naval forces in a way that is straightforward to understand, and they also cover the implications of Chinese naval force development and the way it impacts and compares to the U.

S. Navy. Fascinating and current, the book is also a warning to the reader to take competition and potential conflict in the Pacific seriously, as the authors make clear just how important naval power has become to Chinese grand strategy." -- CIMSEC "This book is a very valuable source of information for those interested in the trajectory of China''s navy, the history of its naval development, the motivations for its maritime expansion and the ways and means by which the United States and its allies could counter the PLAN--as such Red Star over the Pacific is highly recommended reading." -- The Australian Naval Institute "This [is anStates and its allies could counter the PLAN--as such Red Star over the Pacific is highly recommended reading." -- The Australian Naval Institute "This [is anrce of information for those interested in the trajectory of China''s navy, the history of its naval development, the motivations for its maritime expansion and the ways and means by which the United States and its allies could counter the PLAN--as such Red Star over the Pacific is highly recommended reading." -- The Australian Naval Institute "This [is anStates and its allies could counter the PLAN--as such Red Star over the Pacific is highly recommended reading." -- The Australian Naval Institute "This [is an] extraordinarily detailed work.

" -- The Washington Times "The second edition of Red Star Over the Pacific is an authoritative work on Chinese maritime power and naval strategy. To understand the maritime domain is to understand core elements of China''s historic transformation into a superpower. And through understanding naval strategy in the Indo-Pacific, the outline of how China could pose a serious military challenge to U.S. regional hegemony becomes clearer." -- The Foreign Service Journal "An influential book on.