A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times – An Instant New York Times Bestseller: A Pentagon Insider's Tumultuous Years Under President Trump

by Mark T. Esper

Over time, we expect China will build a blue-water navy that can take the fight out of the western Pacific and into the eastern Pacific, and then globally—from the Persian Gulf to the Arctic, to the Indian Ocean and maybe the Atlantic—to assert themselves and advance their interests.