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China Preparing for More Than Just Taiwan?
Captain James E. Fanell USN (Ret.) served as a career naval intelligence officer whose positions included senior intelligence officer for China at the Office of Naval Intelligence and chief of intelligence for CTF-70, Seventh Fleet, and the U.S. Pacific Fleet. He is the co-author of the book "Embracing Communist China: America’s Greatest Strategic Failure."
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https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Communist-China-Americas-Strategic/dp/1648210597
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2026/may/going-nuclear-getting-bigger-and-going-beyond…
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