Record Nr.

UNINA9910483073703321

Autore

Li Xiaobing

Titolo

China's War in Korea : Strategic Culture and Geopolitics / / by Xiaobing Li

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

981-329-675-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 pages)

Collana

New Directions in East Asian History, , 2522-0209

Disciplina

951.9042

Soggetti

Asia - History

Military history

World politics

Asian History

Military History

Political History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: National Security and Defense Strategy -- Tributary State and Transnationalism -- Post-war Geopolitics and Self-reliant Defense -- Active Defense: From Manchuria to Korea -- From Defense-Offense-Defense -- Build New Defense and Negotiate China's Security -- Conclusion: War Legacy and New Strategic Concerns.

Sommario/riassunto

This book re-visits the history of the Korean War of 1950-1953 from a Chinese perspective, examining Chinese strategy and exploring why China sent three million troops to Korea, in Mao's words, to "defend the homeland and safeguard the country"-giving rise to what became the war's common name in China. It also looks into the relatively neglected historical factors which have redefined China's security concerns and strategic culture. Using newly available sources from China and the former Soviet Union, the book considers how interactive the parameters of defense changes were in a foreign war against Western powers, how flexible Chinese strategy was in the context of its intervention, and how expansive its strategic cultural repertoire was at the crucial moment to "defend the country." Providing a re-examination of China's military

decisions and strategy evolution, this text narrates the story of successive generations of Chinese leaders and provides a key insight into security issuesin China and Northeast Asia today.