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Naval War College Review Volume 61 Article 18 Number 3 Summer 2008 Summer 2008 Full Issue The .SU . Naval War College Follow this and additional works at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review Recommended Citation War College, The .SU . Naval (2008) "Summer 2008 Full Issue," Naval War College Review: Vol. 61 : No. 3 , Article 18. Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol61/iss3/18 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Naval War College Review by an authorized editor of U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. War College: Summer 2008 Full Issue Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2008 1 Naval War College Review, Vol. 61 [2008], No. 3, Art. 18 Cover Vice Admiral Stockdale (1923–2005) left his mark on the Naval War College not only as president of the institution, from October 1977 to August 1979, but as a thinker on and writer about—and as an exemplar of—leadership. His contribu- tions in the latter respect are remembered today in the school’s College of Opera- tional and Strategic Leadership, particu- larly in the Stockdale Group, a team of students carefully selected each year for directed study. This issue offers a prime example of that group’s recent work, in “Developing the Navy’s Operational Leaders: A Critical Look,” by Com- mander Christopher D. Hayes, U.S. Navy, who graduated (with distinction, as a lieutenant commander) in 2007. Vice Admiral Stockdale’s observation re- produced on the cover is drawn from his essay “Moral Leadership” in the U.S. Na- val Institute Proceedings 106, no. 931 (September 1980), a contribution to the Leadership Forum department of that journal—of course, set conventionally, as prose. The work was reprinted as “Machiavelli, Management, and Moral Leadership” in Military Ethics: Reflec- tions on Principles, edited by Malham Wakin et al. (Washington, D.C.: Na- tional Defense Univ. Press, 1987). Cover design by the Naval War College Visual Communications Branch. https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol61/iss3/18 2 War College: Summer 2008 Full Issue NAVAL WAR COLLEGE REVIEW Summer 2008 Volume 61, Number 3 NAVAL WAR COLLEGE PRESS 686 Cushing Road Newport, RI 02841-1207 Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2008 3 Naval War College Review, Vol. 61 [2008], No. 3, Art. 18 NAVAL WAR COLLEGE PRESS ADVISORY BOARD PRESIDENT, NAVAL WAR COLLEGE Adam Bellow Rear Adm. Jacob L. 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ISSN 0028-1484 Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2008 5 Naval War College Review, Vol. 61 [2008], No. 3, Art. 18 https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol61/iss3/18 6 War College: Summer 2008 Full Issue CONTENTS From the Editors. 3 President’s Forum . 7 Asia Rising Revisiting Taiwan’s Defense Strategy . 13 William S. Murray If, as was long presumed, Taiwan could fend off a Chinese bombardment, invasion, or blockade, it probably can no longer. But in a wholly new defense posture Taiwan might prevent such an attack from achieving the goals for which it was mounted—and perhaps deter it from being made at all. China and the United States in the Indian Ocean An Emerging Strategic Triangle? . 41 James R. Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara Conditions today are auspicious for shaping a mutually beneficial maritime relationship among India, China, and the United States. Maritime security cooperation, however, is by no means foreordained, and the opportunity to achieve it may not endure for long. Strategy and Policy Reflections on Future War . 61 Mackubin Thomas Owens Despite recent experience, the more extreme claims of the technological optimists who largely dominated the debate in the 1990s continue to exert substantial influence. But is this the correct vision of future war? In fact, the character (not the nature) of war is changing in fundamental and dangerous ways. Leadership and Decision Developing the Navy’s Operational Leaders A Critical Look . 77 Commander Christopher D. Hayes, U.S. Navy There is a leadership crisis in the Navy, and it is a consequence of a misaligned, fragmented, and marginalized system of officer professional development. Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2008 7 2 NAVAL WAR COLLEGE REVIEW Naval War College Review, Vol. 61 [2008], No. 3, Art. 18 Admiral Richard G. Colbert Pioneer in Building Global Maritime Partnerships . 109 John B. Hattendorf Building global maritime alliances, a central element of the U.S. Navy’s new strategy, has been a hallmark of the Naval War College for more than half a century. In this, Admiral Richard Colbert was a key leader, both at the College and in the Navy. Research & Debate The Effect of Tactical Ballistic Missiles on the Maritime Strategy of China . 133 Wang Wei Translated by OS3 Danling Cacioppo, U.S. Navy Book Reviews Taiwan’s Statesman: Lee Teng-hui and Democracy in Asia, by Richard C. Kagan Why Taiwan? Geostrategic Rationales for China’s Territorial Integrity, by Alan M. Wachman reviewed by Bernard D. Cole . 141 Defending the Homeland: Historical Perspectives on Radicalism, Terrorism, and State Responses, edited by Melinda M. Hicks and C. Belmont Keeney reviewed by Randy L. Unger . 143 Brown Waters of Africa: Portuguese Riverine Warfare, 1961–1974, by John P. Cann reviewed by Martin N. Murphy . 144 Assignment Pentagon: How to Excel in a Bureaucracy, 4th ed., by Perry M. Smith and Daniel M. Gerstein reviewed by Albert J. Shimkus . 145 Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941–1942, by Daniel Ford reviewed by William Calhoun . 146 The Kaoboys of R&AW: Down Memory Lane, by B. Raman reviewed by John R. Arpin . 147 Portuguese Oceanic Expansion, 1400–1800, edited by Francisco Bethencourt and Diogo Ramada Curto reviewed by John B. Hattendorf . 148 In My View. 150 https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol61/iss3/18 8 War College: Summer 2008 Full Issue FROM THE EDITORS On 22 March, in an exemplary display of democracy in action that seems to have been little noticed in this country, the people of Taiwan voted by an unexpect- edly large margin to reject the presidential candidate of the governing Demo- cratic Progressive Party in favor of the leader of the main opposition party, the Kuomintang.