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Naval War College: Naval War College Review Spring 2019 Spring 2019 Volume 72, Number 2 Spring 2019 Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2019 1 Spring2019Review_Cover_2.indd 1 1/28/19 1:19 PM Naval War College Review, Vol. 72 [2019], No. 2, Art. 1 Cover A Chinese amphibious transport ship leaves port in the Netherlands in January 2015. In “Surging Second Sea Force: China’s Maritime Law-Enforcement Forces, Capabilities, and Future in the Gray Zone and Beyond,” Andrew Erickson, Joshua Hickey, and Henry Holst analyze the growth of China’s sea services and the coordination between the gray hulls of the PLA Navy and the white hulls of the China Coast Guard as together they work to enhance China’s maritime law- enforcement activities throughout the western Pacific. Credit: Getty Images https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol72/iss2/1 2 Spring2019Review_Cover_2.indd 2 1/28/19 1:19 PM Naval War College: Naval War College Review Spring 2019 NAVAL WAR COLLEGE REVIEW Spring 2019 Volume 72, Number 2 NAVAL WAR COLLEGE PRESS 686 Cushing Road Newport, RI 02841-1207 Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2019 3 7289_FrontMatter.indd 1 3/1/19 10:12 AM Naval War College Review, Vol. 72 [2019], No. 2, Art. 1 NAVAL WAR COLLEGE PRESS ADVISORY BOARD PRESIDENT, NAVAL WAR COLLEGE Adam Bellow Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley, USN Seth Cropsey PROVOST Jeffrey Kline Dr. Lewis M. Duncan Gale A. Mattox Capt. Robert C. Rubel, USN (Ret.) DEAN OF NAVAL WARFARE STUDIES Robert A. Silano Thomas J. Culora Marin Strmecki NAVAL WAR COLLEGE PRESS Dov S. 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ISSN 0028-1484 Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2019 5 NWC_Spring2019Review.indb 3 2/25/19 10:40 AM Naval War College Review, Vol. 72 [2019], No. 2, Art. 1 https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol72/iss2/1 6 7289_FrontMatter.indd 4 3/1/19 10:12 AM Naval War College: Naval War College Review Spring 2019 CONTENTS From the Editors . 3 President’s Forum . 7 Asia Rising Surging Second Sea Force China’s Maritime Law-Enforcement Forces, Capabilities, and Future in the Gray Zone and Beyond . 11 Andrew S. Erickson, Joshua Hickey, and Henry Holst As China’s sea services continue to expand, the consolidating China Coast Guard (CCG) has taken the lead as one of the premier sea forces in the region—giving China, in essence, a second navy. With 1,275 hulls and counting, the CCG carries out the maritime law-enforcement activities that dominate the South China Sea as the People’s Republic exerts its claims and postures for dominance. U.S. Conventional Access Strategy Denying China a Conventional First-Strike Capability . 35 Sam Goldsmith In the most likely scenario, a high-intensity conflict between the United States and China would be confined to conventional weapons, owing to Beijing’s desire to avoid nuclear escalation. To protect the global security order and the tenuous balance of power on the world stage, the United States and its allies must craft a strategy to deny China this conventional first-strike option. Wargaming Wargame Business Wargames in Military and Corporate Settings . 67 Shay Hershkovitz In recent decades, corporations have turned to wargaming techniques to assess strategic environ- ments and evaluate potential scenarios. The rich history of wargaming and its evolution as a tool for predicting success make it a useful corporate instrument. The lessons learned in business and military games can inform each other to create more-effective gaming outcomes. Naval History Peacetime Naval Rearmament, 1933–39 Lessons for Today. 83 Jamie McGrath Following World War I, the USN fleet was outdated and undersized, but a time of naval resurgence began in 1933, adding modern ships to the U.S. fleet and revitalizing the American shipbuilding Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2019 7 7280_TOC.indd 1 2/25/19 10:52 AM 2 NAVAL WAR COLLEGENaval REVIEW War College Review, Vol. 72 [2019], No. 2, Art. 1 industry. In many ways, this period mirrors the post–Cold War state of the fleet, but the principal actors vary greatly in their level of coordination and commitment to building the Navy the nation needs. Review Essays The Plurality of American War ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������104 Ways of War: American Military History from the Colonial Era to the Twenty-First Century, by Matthew S. Muehlbauer and David J. Ulbrich reviewed by John T. Kuehn Counting the Cost of Learning ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������107 Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1895–1945, by Trent Hone reviewed by Dale C. Rielage Book Reviews The Royal Navy in the Age of Austerity, 1919–22: Naval and Foreign Policy under Lloyd George, by G. H. Bennett reviewed by John B. Hattendorf . 111 The End of Grand Strategy: US Maritime Operations in the Twenty-First Century, by Simon Reich and Peter Dombrowski reviewed by Steven Metz. 113 Hell on Earth, by Avigdor Hameiri, trans. Peter C. Appelbaum reviewed by Timothy J. Demy . 114 Brutality in an Age of Human Rights: Activism and Counterinsurgency at the End of the British Empire, by Brian Drohan reviewed by Jeff A. Bovarnick . 116 Realist Ethics: Just War Traditions as Power Politics, by Valerie Morkevičius reviewed by Doyle Hodges ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������117 Cadets on Campus: History of Military Schools of the United States, by John Alfred Coulter II reviewed by Thomas J. Gibbons . 119 Soft War: The Ethics of Unarmed Conflict, ed. Michael L. Gross and Tamar Meisels reviewed by Richard J. Norton. 121 Patton’s Way: A Radical Theory of War, by James Kelly Morningstar reviewed by Nicholas Evan Sarantakes . 122 Enlisting Faith: How the Military Chaplaincy Shaped Religion and State in Modern America, by Ronit Y.