China's Naval Operations in the South China Sea: Evaluating Legal, Strategic and Military FactorsThis book provides a history of the South China Sea conflict and lays out the stakes for each of the bordering states and Chinas interaction with them namely, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Indonesia; it also examines the U. S. governments role in the region. Chinas Naval Operations in the South China Sea is highly topical; it examines the evolving perception of the Peoples Republic of Chinas (PRC) of the South China Sea