Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One -- Introduction; The Antiaccess Challenge in Department of DefenseStrategy and Policy Publications; Previous Analyses of the Antiaccess Threat; Definition of Antiaccess; Approach; Chapter Two -- Contemporary Chinese Military Strategy; Sources of Chinese Strategy; Strategic Principles for Defeating a TechnologicallySuperior Adversary; Chinese Perceptions of U.S. Vulnerabilities; Chapter Three -- Elements of Chinese Military Strategy with Potential Implications for U.S. Theater Access; Attacks on C4ISR Systems
Summary
U.S. strategists have become increasingly concerned that an adversary might use ?antiaccess? strategies to interfere with our ability to deploy or operate military forces overseas. The authors analyzed Chinese military-doctrinal publications to see what strategies China might employ in the event of a conflict with the United States. They then assessed how these strategies might affect U.S. military operations and identified ways to reduce these effects. It appears possible that China could use antiaccess strategies to defeat the United States in a conflict--not in the sense of destroying the U
Notes
"Project Air Force."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-129)
