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
xviii, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
9780804714525, 0804714525
16950375
China's quest for security
American power and Chinese strategy, 1953-1955
The strategic decision and its consequences
The uranium challenge
The production of fissionable material
The design and manufacture of the bomb
The final countdown
Strategic doctrines and the hydrogen bomb
Chinese lessons and the global nuclear experience
Appendixes: A. Statement of the government of the People's Republic of China, October 16, 1964
China's nuclear weapons tests, 1964-1978
Key figures in China's nuclear weapons program, 1954-1967
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