Binding: Paperback
Description: As Sino - US relations have deteriorated concerns have grown in Washington over its ability to defeat China in a major conflict. A conflict between such peer competitors would likely become a protracted war of attrition drawing on all dimensions of national power but this reality has yet to receive a sufficient degree of analytical attention. In this Adelphi book Iskander Rehman provides a historically informed and empirically grounded study of protracted great - power war its core drivers and characteristics and an examination of the elements that have most often determined a competitor's long - term strategic performance. Final victory in a protracted conflict this book argues rests on a combination of three core factors: a state's military effectiveness and adaptability its socio - economic power and resiliency and the soundness of its alliance management and grand strategy. A detailed analysis of the contemporary Sino - US rivalry assesses how both parties might fare in the event of a protracted war while highlighting some of its key differentiating aspects most notably its nuclear and cyber dimensions.
Title: Planning For Protraction A Historically Informed Approach To Great - Power War And Sino - Us Competition
Author(s): Rehman Iskander
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781032734774
Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Date: 11/9/2023
Series: Adelphi series
Category: Warfare & Defence