China's Military Power: Assessing Current and Future Capabilities (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107502956)

Once termed the "world's largest military museum," the Chinese military has made enormous progress over the past twenty years. With skyrocketing military budgets and new technology, China's tanks, aircraft, destroyers, and missile capabilities are becoming comparable to those of the United States. If these trends continue, how powerful will the Chinese military be in the future? Will its capabilities soon rival or surpass those of the United States? The most comprehensive study of its kind, this book provides a detailed assessment of China's military capabilities in 2000 and 2010 with projections for 2020. It is the first of its kind in outlining a rigorous, theoretically- and empirically-grounded framework for assessing military capability based on not just weaponry but also doctrine, training, equipment, and organizational structure. This framework provides not only the most accurate assessment of China's military to date but an important new tool in the study of military history.

Author: Roger Cliff
ISBN-10: 1107502950
ISBN-13: 9781107502956
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2015
Pages: 380
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d