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In 2012, Tim Heath, then an analyst at U.S. Pacific Command, published a scholarly article that considered whether in fact China had a national strategy ("What Does China Want? Discerning the PRC's National Strategy," Asian Security 8, no. 1 [2012], pp. 54–72). Drawing extensively from Chinese sources, Heath argued that China did not have a formal national strategy document but did outline the essential elements of a national strategy in the authoritative writings of the Chinese Communist Party.

The nation's "rebalance" to Asia has been greeted by a plethora of new books on Asia-Pacific security issues. In contrast to the many worthwhile specialist works now available, China's Search for Security stands out as an ambitious at- tempt to offer a one-volume overview of China's security situation as seen from the Chinese point of view. Both authors are established and respected scholars. Andrew Nathan is best known as an editor of the Tiananmen Papers (PublicAffairs, 2002), while Andrew Scobell is author of the well-regarded China's Use of Military Force: Beyond the Great Wall and the Long March (Cambridge University Press, 2003).