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Crossing the Strait, China's military prepares for war with Taiwan, edited by Joel Wuthnow, Derek Grossman, Phillip C. Saunders, Andrew Scobell, Andrew N.D. Yang

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Crossing the Strait

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edited by Joel Wuthnow, Derek Grossman, Phillip C. Saunders, Andrew Scobell, Andrew N.D. Yang

China's military prepares for war with Taiwan

Foreword, Michael T. Plehn -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Crossing the Strait: PLA modernization and Taiwan, Phillip C. Saunders and Joel Wuthnow -- Part I: China's decisionmaking calculus -- 1. Three logics of Chinese policy toward Taiwan: an analytic framework, Philip C. Saunders -- 2. China's calculus on the use of force: futures, costs, benefits, risks, and goals, Andrew Scobell. -- Part II: PLA operations and concepts for Taiwan -- 3. An assessment of China's options for military coercion of Taiwan, Mathieu Duchâtel -- 4. Firepower strike, blockade, landing: PLA campaigns for a cross-strait conflict -- 5. "Killing rats in a porcelain shop": PLA urban warfare in a Taiwan campaign, Sale Lilly -- Part III: Chinese forces and the impact of reform -- 6. PLA army and marine corps amphibious brigades in a post-reform military, Joshua Arostegui -- 7. The PLA airborne corps in a Taiwan scenario -- 8. Getting there: Chinese military and civilian sealift in a cross-strait invasion, Conor M. Kennedy -- 9. PLA logistics and mobilization capacity in a Taiwan invasion, Chieh Chung -- 10. Who does what? Chinese command and control in a Taiwan scenario, Joel Wuthnow -- Part IV: Strengthening Taiwan's defenses -- 11. A net assessment of Taiwan's overall defense concept, Alexander Chieh-cheng Huang -- 12. Winning the fight Taiwan cannot afford to lose, Drew Thompson -- About the contributors. -- Index

China's military prepares for war with Taiwan