Archive | Evaluations (Selected)

01 August 2011

China Defense Blog Praises Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles

China Defense Blog, review of Andrew S. Erickson and Lyle J. Goldstein, eds., Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2011), 31 July 2011.
This fifth installment in the series “Studies in Chinese Maritime Development” was the result of the fourth annual conference of the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) hosted by […]

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27 July 2011

Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles Reviewed by David Axe in Danger Room, Wired.com

David Axe, “China’s Plan to Beat U.S.: Missiles, Missiles and More Missiles,” Danger Room, Wired.com, 27 July 2011.
China is militarily weaker than many people think, especially compared to America. This, despite lots of showy jet prototypes and plenty of other factory-fresh equipment.
But Beijing has a brutally simple — if risky — plan to compensate for […]

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25 July 2011

China, the United States, and 21st Century Sea Power Featured in Seapower Magazine Ship’s Library

Richard R. Burgess, Managing Editor, “Books Detail Chinese Naval Strategy,” Seapower 54.7 (July 2011), 49.
The rise of China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is attracting the attention of strategists and scholars who are trying to understand and explain its capabilities and intentions and how they impact the global balance of power. Chinese sea power is […]

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17 June 2011

China Goes to Sea Reviewed by Andrew Forbes in The Northern Mariner

Andrew Forbes, review of Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, and Carnes Lord, eds., China Goes to Sea: Maritime Transformation in Comparative Historical Perspective (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, July 2009) in The Northern Mariner 20 (2010), 430-31.

The economic rise of China, which has helped fund its military growth and modernisation, has polarised elements of the analytical […]

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10 June 2011

China Goes to Sea Reviewed in “Naval Books of the Year,” Warship 2011

Conrad Waters, author, Seaforth World Naval Review 2012; review of Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, and Carnes Lord, eds., China Goes to Sea: Maritime Transformation in Comparative Historical Perspective (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, July 2009) in “Naval Books of the Year,” John Jordan and Stephen Dent, eds., Warship 2011 (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, June 2011), […]

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31 May 2011

China, the United States, and 21st Century Sea Power Praised by Dr. Gregory Gilbert in Headmark: Journal of the Australian Naval Institute

Gregory P. Gilbert, Air Power Development Centre, review of Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, and Nan Li, eds., China, the United States, and 21st Century Sea Power: Defining a Maritime Security Partnership (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2010), Headmark: Journal of the Australian Naval Institute (May 2011).
Each year there is one book that stands out from […]

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07 January 2011

Book Review: China, the United States and 21st Century Sea Power: Defining a Maritime Security Partnership

Xinhui, “Book Review: ‘China, the United States and 21st Century Sea Power: Defining a Maritime Security Partnership’,” China Defense Blog, 5 January 2011.
In the fourth volume of the series “Studies in Chinese Maritime Development” authors from the US Naval War College and their Chinese counterparts (including Rear Admiral Yang Yi, former director of the […]

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18 August 2010

China Goes to Sea Praised by Malcolm Murfett in International Journal of Maritime History

Malcolm H. Murfett, National University of Singapore, review of Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, and Carnes Lord, eds., China Goes to Sea: Maritime Transformation in Comparative Historical Perspective (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2009); International Journal of Maritime History, Vol. 22, No. 1 (June 2010), pp. 384-86.
…an excellent book of two distinct halves! … […]

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02 July 2010

CMSI Research Featured Extensively in U.S.-Japan Navy Friendship Association (JANAFA) Bulletin

“連載記事 (米国から見た中国のSea Power)” [Paper Series: “Chinese Sea Power as Viewed from America”], U.S.-Japan Navy Friendship Association (JANAFA) Bulletin, No. 38 (1 July 2010), pp. 8-30.
“中国のSea Powerに関する米海軍大学中国海洋研究所の論文紹介” [An Introduction to the U.S. Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute’s Research Paper Series on Chinese Sea Power], pp. 8-9.
“公開論文1: 中国の活発な造船工業についての包括的調査–商業的開発と戦略的関連” [Published Paper 1: A Comprehensive Survey of […]

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01 June 2010

Letter to Proceedings Editor by Rear Admiral Eric McVadon on Erickson, Hooper-Albon ASBM Debate

Rear Admiral Eric A. McVadon, U.S. Navy (Retired); Response to “Get off the Fainting Couch,” C. Hooper and C. Albon, pp. 42-47, April 2010; A. Erickson, pp. 8-12, May 2010 Proceedings; and “Eyes in the Sky,” A. Erickson, pp. 36-41, April 2010 Proceedings; U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Vol. 136, No. 6 (June 2010), p. 82.
Dr. […]

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01 June 2010

China Goes to Sea “Highly Recommended” in Choice

R. Higham, review of Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, and Carnes Lord, eds., China Goes to Sea: Maritime Transformation in Comparative Historical Perspective (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2009); Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, Vol. 47, No. 9 (May 2010).
The excellent idea behind this collection is the historical comparison of how other powers […]

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14 May 2010

Jeremy Black, University of Exeter, Reviews China Goes to Sea

Jeremy Black, “The Pursuit of Maritime Transformation”; review of Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, and Carnes Lord, eds., China Goes to Sea: Maritime Transformation in Comparative Historical Perspective (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, July 2009); Naval War College Review, Vol. 63, No. 3 (Summer 2010), pp. 156-57.
The third book in the Naval Institute Press’s […]

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05 April 2010

Review of China’s Future Nuclear Submarine Force in Strategic Studies Quarterly

Capt. Giles Van Nederveen, USAF (Ret.), review of Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, William S. Murray, and Andrew R. Wilson, eds., China’s Future Nuclear Submarine Force (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2007) in Strategic Studies Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Spring 2010).
… This book, a collection of essays presented at a conference on […]

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29 March 2010

“The Motherlode” on Chinese ASBM Development

“‘The Motherlode’ on Chinese ASBM Development,” Facing China, 29 March 2010.
…The part [of Admiral Willard’s testimony] that was so provocative to China ASBM-watchers was the use of the word “testing.”  Dr. Andrew S. Erickson, Associate Professor in the Strategic Research Department at the U.S. Naval War College and a founding member of the department’s China Maritime […]

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05 March 2010

Review of China’s Energy Strategy in Joint Force Quarterly

Richard Desjardins, Canadian civil servant; review of Gabriel B. Collins, Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, and William S. Murray, eds., China’s Energy Strategy: The Impact on Beijing’s Maritime Policies (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2008); Joint Force Quarterly, issue 57, second quarter 2010, pp. 132-33.
“The China Maritime Studies Institute… is fast becoming a center […]

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23 February 2010

“China Goes to Sea” Featured in Princeton Alumni Weekly

Summary of Andrew S. Erickson *06, Lyle J. Goldstein *02, and Carnes Lord, China Goes to Sea: Maritime Transformation in Comparative Historical Perspective (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2009), Princeton Alumni Weekly, 23 February 2010.

This book assesses China’s potential as a genuine maritime power, placing it in a world historical context next to cases of […]

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10 February 2010

New Review of China Goes to Sea

Anonymous review of Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, and Carnes Lord, eds., China Goes to Sea: Maritime Transformation in Comparative Historical Perspective (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2009), 10 February 2010.
… First, something on the background to the book. In effect, it’s been produced by some of the leading lights of the increasingly impressive China […]

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08 January 2010

Review of CMSI Vols. 1-3 in Asia Policy

Scott W. Bray (the U.S. Navy’s Senior Intelligence Officer for China), “Turning to the Sea… This Time to Stay,” Book Review Essay, Asia Policy, No. 9 (January 2010), pp. 167-72.
CMSI “Studies in Chinese Maritime Development” book series, vols. 1-3:
“these three books provide excellent perspective and concepts for understanding China’s maritime history and the strategic drivers […]

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31 December 2009

Extensive Review of China’s Future Nuclear Submarine Force Published in China Review International

L. H. Xavier Demián Soto Zuppa, El Colegio de México, A.C., Centro de Estudios de Asia y África (CEAA),  review of Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, William S. Murray, and Andrew R. Wilson, eds., China’s Future Nuclear Submarine Force (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2007), China Review International, 16.4 (2009): 494-501.
China’s Future Nuclear Submarine Force […]

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