China builds the bomb
The authors examine why China is investing heavily in developing nuclear weapons and intercontinental missile systems. Among the explanations cited are: traditional Chinese military strategy, current perceptions of foreign threats, the historical legacy of humiliation at the hands of foreign powers, and the overpowering will of Mao Zedong. They describe how the first nuclear device was set off in 1964, and how during the following 25 years the Chinese have developed a complete triad of delivery systems--air-based, sea-based and land-based--for their nuclear force. ISBN 0-8047-1452-5: $29.50
Print Book, English, ©1988
Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif., ©1988