China`s Defence Policy : Indian Perspectives
Author | : | Gurmeet Kanwal, Dhruv C Katoch |
Year of Publication | : | 2011 |
Publisher | : | KW Publishers Pvt Ltd |
ISBN - 13 | : | 9789380502779 |
Edition | : | First |
Language | : | English |
Binding | : | Hardcover |
Subject | : | China / Chinese Studies |
About the Book :
China’s rise on the world stage
has been relentless and consistent over the past two decades. This rise is
concurrent with the United States’ perceived decline as an economic power with
resultant expectations of waning US influence on the world stage. Today the
story of China’s growth has become a subject of avid discussion and analysis
not only among world leaders, academicians and members of the strategic
community, but even by the print and visual media and sections of the public at
large.
Over the last decade, China has been biennially
releasing White Papers on National Defence. This book gives out an invaluable
Indian critique on China’s national defence policy, nuclear environment,
maritime strategy, leap frogging development in space warfare and network
centric warfare capabilities with a special reference to the White Paper released
in 2010. Above all, it provides a road map on China’s plans to deal with its
perceived security challenges.
As China rises, its core issues have expanded from
Tibet and Taiwan to the South China Sea, which is a deviation from its
professed intentions of a peaceful rise and defence modernisation only for
defence. What message is China trying to send ? This book allows the reader to
pick out the gaps between professed Chinese intentions and practices on ground,
which should lead to a better understanding of China’s rise, particularly for
India’s security.
About Author :
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal commanded an infantry brigade on the Line of Control (Operation Parakram, 2001-03) and an artillery regiment in counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir Valley (Operation Rakshak, 1993-94). Formerly Director Security Studies, Observer Research Foundation; Senior Fellow, IDSA; and Senior Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies; at present he is Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi. Brig Kanwal has authored several books, including Nuclear Defence: Shaping the Arsenal; Indian Army: Vision 2020; Pakistan Proxy War; Heroes of Kargil; Kargil 99: Blood, Guts and Firepower and Artillery: Honour and Glory and writes on national security issues for leading newspapers.
Maj Gen Dhruv Katoch commanded a Mountain Division in the North East and was the Chief of Staff of a Corps in the Western Sector before retiring from service. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College and the National Defence College, New Delhi, he has served in Op Pawan in Sri Lanka, commanded a battalion on the Line of Control in J&K and a Sector in the North East. He also writes on non-military matters - both fiction and issues of societal concern. He is presently Additional Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS).