China's Quest for Military Supremacy

Wuthnow, Joel, Saunders, Phillip

China's Quest for Military Supremacy
  • 出版商: Polity
  • 出版日期: 2025-03-18
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 288
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  • ISBN: 1509556931
  • ISBN-13: 9781509556939

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China's military has entered a new era. It has acquired modern weapons to rival the world's finest, undergone a major restructuring under Xi Jinping, and been on the frontlines of territorial disputes with Japan, India, Vietnam, and the Philippines. It is readying forces to be able to seize Taiwan sometime in the next decade. International concerns about China's intentions have been piqued by Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine--many are now asking 'will Taiwan be next?' Yet the People's Liberation Army's ambitions are even greater. It aims to be a "world-class" military on par with the United States.

China's Quest for Military Supremacy provides a broad and accessible exploration of Chinese military power, including relations between the Chinese Communist Party and its army, the strategic worldview of Chinese leaders, military strategy and resourcing, force structure and modernization across all the domains, military diplomacy and coercive activities, preparations for war, and the emerging global role for the People's Liberation Army. It also identifies constraints on China's military progress from tensions between the party and the army to limited expertise in modern ("joint") operations, alongside maneuvering by the United States and others to deter Chinese aggression. Moreover, China's focus on military supremacy regionally means that it currently lacks the capabilities and infrastructure needed to operate with the same lethality beyond Asia. Different futures are possible, and the book concludes with a preview of what it might take for a truly "world-class" Chinese military to take the global stage.

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中國的軍事已進入一個新時代。它獲得了與世界頂尖軍隊相抗衡的現代武器，並在習近平的領導下進行了重大重組，還在與日本、印度、越南和菲律賓的領土爭端中處於前線。它正在準備部隊，以便在未來十年內能夠奪取台灣。國際社會對中國意圖的擔憂因俄羅斯在2022年入侵烏克蘭而加劇，許多人現在都在問「台灣會是下一個嗎？」然而，人民解放軍的野心更為宏大。它的目標是成為與美國平起平坐的「世界級」軍隊。

《中國的軍事霸權追求》提供了對中國軍事力量的廣泛且易於理解的探索，包括中國共產黨與其軍隊之間的關係、中國領導人的戰略世界觀、軍事戰略與資源配置、各領域的部隊結構與現代化、軍事外交與脅迫行動、戰爭準備，以及人民解放軍在全球新興角色的定位。它還指出了中國軍事進展的限制因素，從黨與軍隊之間的緊張關係到在現代（「聯合」）作戰方面的專業知識不足，以及美國和其他國家為了威懾中國侵略所進行的策略。此外，中國在區域內對軍事霸權的專注意味著它目前缺乏在亞洲以外地區以同樣致命性運作所需的能力和基礎設施。未來有不同的可能性，書中最後預覽了中國軍隊要在全球舞台上真正成為「世界級」軍隊所需的條件。

作者簡介

Dr. Joel Wuthnow is a senior research fellow in the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the U.S. National Defense University. He also serves as an adjunct professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. His research focuses on Chinese foreign and security affairs, the People's Liberation Army, and strategic developments in East Asia. His recent books include Crossing the Strait: China's Military Prepares for War with Taiwan (2022), Gray Dragons: Assessing China's Senior Military Leadership (2022), and The PLA Beyond Borders: Chinese Military Operations in Regional and Global Context (2021). Prior to joining NDU, Dr. Wuthnow was a China analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses and a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University, an M.Phil. in Modern Chinese Studies from Oxford University, and an A.B. in public and international affairs from Princeton University.

Dr. Phillip C. Saunders is director of the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs at the U.S. National Defense University's Institute for National Strategic Studies. He also serves as an adjunct instructor at the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Saunders is co-author with David Gompert of The Paradox of Power: Sino-American Strategic Restraint in an Era of Vulnerability (2011) and has edited or co-edited nine books on Asian security issues. Prior to joining NDU, Dr. Saunders directed the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and served as an officer in the United States Air Force. He holds an A.B in history from Harvard College and a M.P.A. and Ph.D. in public and international affairs from Princeton University.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

喬爾·沃斯諾博士（Dr. Joel Wuthnow）是美國國防大學國家戰略研究所的高級研究員。他同時擔任喬治城大學艾德蒙·A·沃爾什外交服務學院的兼任教授。他的研究專注於中國的外交與安全事務、人民解放軍以及東亞的戰略發展。他最近的著作包括《跨越海峽：中國軍隊為與台灣開戰做準備》（2022年）、《灰色龍：評估中國高級軍事領導層》（2022年）以及《超越國界的人民解放軍：中國軍事行動的區域與全球背景》（2021年）。在加入國防大學之前，沃斯諾博士曾擔任海軍分析中心的中國分析師，並在普林斯頓大學擔任博士後研究員。他擁有哥倫比亞大學的政治學博士學位、牛津大學的現代中國研究碩士學位，以及普林斯頓大學的公共與國際事務學士學位。

菲利普·C·桑德斯博士（Dr. Phillip C. Saunders）是美國國防大學國家戰略研究所中國軍事事務研究中心的主任。他同時擔任約翰霍普金斯大學高級國際研究學院的兼任講師。桑德斯博士與大衛·戈姆佩特共同撰寫了《權力的悖論：脆弱時代的中美戰略克制》（2011年），並編輯或共同編輯了九本有關亞洲安全問題的書籍。在加入國防大學之前，桑德斯博士曾在蒙特雷國際研究所的東亞不擴散計畫中擔任主任，並在美國空軍服役。他擁有哈佛大學的歷史學士學位，以及普林斯頓大學的公共與國際事務碩士和博士學位。

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