Phase Zero: How China Exploits It, Why the United States Does Not

Abstract

This article will analyze how Chinese strategic culture encourages decisive action prior to the onset of hostilities. Recent PRC actions will then be examined in this light to illustrate how a more decisive concept of Phase Zero can be implemented. The strategic culture of the United States will then be examined to understand why it has not more fully incorporated the concept of Phase Zero into planning and operations, despite the welcome the concept has enjoyed in the context of the operations against Islamic fundamentalists.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA564751

Entities

People

  • Brock Jones
  • Jason M. Frazee
  • Scott D. Mcdonald

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Commerce
  • Computer Networks
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Doctrine
  • Governments
  • Instructors
  • International Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Navies (Foreign)
  • Security
  • Steady State
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design