Book review: the Great Wall at sea: China’s Navy in the twenty-first century; China, the United States, and twenty-first-century sea power: defining a maritime security; China’s new diplomacy: rationale, strategies and significance partnership

Bernard D. Cole. The Great Wall at Sea: China’s Navy in the Twenty-first Century. Second edition. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2010. Hardcover $36.95, ISBN 978-1-591-14142-6. Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, and Nan Li, editors. China, the United States, and Twenty-first-Century Sea Power: Defining a Maritime Security Partnership. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2010. Hardcover $47.95, ISBN 978-1-591-14243-0. Zhiqun Zhu. China’s New Diplomacy: Rationale, Strategies and Significance. Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2010. xv, 248 pp. Hardcover $99.95, ISBN 978-1-409-40167-4.