Military Power And Policy In Asian States

This study challenges the belief that the security concerns and strategic objectives of lesser states are dependent on the dominant power alliances and on assessments by major powers of the prospects for peace or war. Focusing on the views of security and military power adopted by elites in China, India, and Japan, the contributors point out that e

Onkar Marwah is assistant director, Program for Strategic and International Security Studies, Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva, and served for seven years with the government of India's Administrative Service.
Jonathan Pollack is a member of the Social Science Department of the Rand Corporation.

Also of Interest -- Preface -- Introduction: Asia and the International Strategic System -- Toward a Great State in Asia? -- China as a Military Power -- India's Military Power and Policy -- Japan's Security Perceptions and Military Needs