ABSTRACT
An understanding of the diversity of future wars helps explain the range of future conflict. There will be no one type of war, and, thus, no one way of waging or winning war. Whereas, in the 1960s, India and Russia would have found the Chinese stronger on numbers than weapons, the situation is different now. Furthermore, in contrast to the emphasis in modern discussion on a lack of Western interest in territorial expansion, it is appropriate to note the role of frontier disputes and issues between China and both India and Russia. Any increase in Chinese nuclear weaponry will lead to a response by India. China's long-term Versailles complex, the sense, with reference to Germans after 1919, that it has been wronged by history, remains powerful, has become stronger over the last decade, and needs to be considered when reassurance is offered about the intentions of the current generation of Communist leaders.
