[Poohbah]

The answers, land, geopolitical position, psychological impact on distant great powers ... Got Von Clausewitz? Got Sun Tzu?

Please give us a dissertation on Clausewitz's concept of friction and how it would affect a complicated endeavor such as an amphibious assault

For a "neo-Clausewitzian," you sure seem to have a tenuous grasp of the concept of friction, which was one of the central elements of Clausewitz's work.

[GOP_1900AD]

I am well aware of friction. The biggest mistake Western analysts make in viewing scenarios of the PRC conquering Taiwan is overly couching it as "an amphibious invasion." A more likely model would be Norway 1940.