Ep 75: Toshi Yoshihara on Sun Tzu (New Makers of Modern Strategy #5)
School of War
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The Importance of a Cross Sea Invasion of Taiwan
Peter Bergen: I've always been struck or been struck by this map of Taiwan off the shore of the mainland. He says it's very similar in physical scale Neptune in any purported or potential invasion of Taiwan. The King Men campaign is what might be represented as kind of a direct approach, right? A direct assault on the beaches on King Men and then engage in battles on the island to seize major strategic objectives like Taipei. That's one model. There's also another model based on their historical experiences which is the Josan Island campaign. We'll talk about sort of how the various offshore campaigns potentially offer typologies for how the PLA thinks about strategy against Taiwan.
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