Red Star Over the Pacific

Naval Institute Press
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Annapolis, MD 21402

© 2010 by Toshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Yoshihara, Toshi.

Red star over the Pacific : China’s rise and the challenge to U.S. maritime strategy / Toshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

eISBN : 978-1-612-51028-6

1. Sea-power—China. 2. Sea-power—United States. 3. Naval strategy. 4. Geopolitics—Asia. I. Holmes, James R., 1965- II. Title.

359’.030951--dc22