Overview
- Addresses the under-researched discourse of the evolution of Chinese nuclear doctrine
- Explains why China's operational doctrine was not formulated for thirty years after the start of their nuclear programme
- Contributes to the development of a neoclassical realist approach to the study of international relations by demonstrating its utility in explaining the formation of a state’s military doctrine
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Keywords
- China's nuclear doctrine
- political-military culture
- belief systems
- balance of power model
- organisational model
- strategic culture
- neoclassical realism
- neoclassical realist
- Mao
- no-first-use
- Cultural Revolution
- Lin Biao
- factionalism
- Vietnam War of 1979
- Afghanistan
- Strategic Defence Initiative
- People's War
- People's War under modern conditions
About this book
This book addresses the under-researched discourse of the evolution of Chinese nuclear posture, and in particular, explains the absence from this evolution of a coherent and well-defined operational doctrine. Using a neoclassical realist framework, the book explains why China, after having launched a crash programme in the mid-1950s to develop a nuclear deterrent, did not debate a clear operational doctrine with respect to targeting and employment until the mid-1980s.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Neoclassical Realism and the Underdevelopment of China’s Nuclear Doctrine
Authors: Paolo Rosa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78640-7
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78639-1Published: 20 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78640-7Published: 06 April 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 167
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Relations Theory, International Security Studies, Military and Defence Studies, Foreign Policy, Conflict Studies, Asian Politics