Red Star Over the Pacific: China’s Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy, Second Edition

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Yoshihara, Toshi, author. | Holmes, James R., date, author.

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

Description: Revised second edition. | Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: LCSH: Sea-power—China. | Sea-power—United States. | Naval strategy. | Geopolitics—Asia. | BISAC: HISTORY / Military / Naval.

Classification: LCC VA633 (ebook) | LCC VA633 .Y67 2018 (print) | DDC 359/.030951—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018037610

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