Beyond Air–Sea Battle: The Debate over US Military Strategy in Asia (Adelphi Book 444) Kindle Edition

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China’s military build-up, particularly the expansion of its long-range nuclear forces and its development of ‘anti-access/area-denial’ (A2/AD) capabilities, poses a serious threat to both the American position in East Asia, and the security of other regional powers. The growth of these forces challenges Washington’s ability, and perhaps its willingness, to project power into the region. This could call American security guarantees into question, eventually undermining the United States’ place as the dominant Asia-Pacific power. Left unchecked, perceived shifts in the regional military balance away from the US and its allies towards China could also raise the risks of miscalculation and deterrence failure.
After a decade spent emphasising counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations, finding a credible response to China’s A2/AD capabilities is now the central task confronting US military planners. This Adelphi analyses the debate over the future of US military strategy in Asia. It identifies and assesses three approaches to the problem; highlights their likely implications for weapons procurement, force posture and alliance cohesion; and outlines a potential synthesis combining elements of each.

Friedberg’s fair, balanced dissection of the arguments both for and against Air–Sea Battle, as well as the alternative approaches offered by critics, should be the starting point for any future debate about US strategy in the western Pacific. No one has done a better job of outlining the debate over the concepts underpinning the Air–Sea Battle approach.
Eric Edelman, former US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 2005–09

Aaron Friedberg’s Adelphi successfully frames one of the most important national-security questions the United States is now facing: how can we sustain a balance of military power that deters coercion and reassures our allies in the face of a stronger and more confident China? Friedberg correctly warns that this challenge will be no small task, requiring careful military investments, alliance coordination, and a new commitment to assessing Chinese decision-making.
Congressman J. Randy Forbes, US House of Representatives

An American strategy for China requires analysis that is informed by a deep understanding of history and a sober but courageous review of the choices facing the United States. Friedberg provides both in this timely monograph.
Stephen P. Rosen, Kaneb Professor of National Security and Military Affairs, Harvard University, and Senior Counsellor to the Long Term Strategy Group

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Publisher: The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (April 16, 2014)
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Jingun Lee

gives students studying military science good perspective about the veiled AirSea Battle concept

February 20, 2015

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The author, Aaron, gives students studying military science good perspective about the veiled AirSea Battle concept. He is explaining the battle concept by categorizing some phases and a series of senario very smartly! This book would be a modeling reference about new warfare and even future war!

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Great resource. I may teach a class at work and incorporate this book.

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Interesting, but REALLY Dry Reading

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As China continues its upward climb towards economic parity with the United States, its defense budget and capabilities have been growing as well. So what does that mean for U.S. strategy in the Pacific? In this short study of the problem, Mr. Friedberg gives an overview of where China has been growing in its capabilities since the early 1990s, what the U.S. has been doing in response, and the two strategic approaches China could take if conflict were to break out between the United States and China. In it, Mr. Friedberg notes that China has been concentrating particularly on anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) capabilities, or the defenses that China could use to prevent the U.S. from landing a potentially devastating first blow on targets on the Chinese mainland or other possibilities. He also notes that the U.S. has been particularly slow to recognize the potential threat to U.S. hegemony Chinese defense innovations could become over time. He then splits his analysis on the strategic options available to the U.S. into two different categories: a direct approach and an indirect approach. The direct approach would include bolstering U.S. capabilities in certain areas to counteract China's A2/AD capabilities and attack key targets on the mainland. The indirect approach would include such strategies as a distant blockade, which would include a blockade of the Straits of Malacca. The analysis is thorough, but like any report coming out of a think tank, it can be really, REALLY, dry reading. This book makes up for that by being short (approximately 150 pages) with rather large letters. Thus, it may be a dry read, but it is a quick read. Still, I would recommend this only to serious political and military scientists and strategic thinkers.

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