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Lewis John Wilson <1930-2017, > |
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Imagined enemies : China prepares for uncertain war / / John Wilson Lewis and Xue Litai |
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Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 362 pages) |
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Military planning - China |
China Military policy |
China Armed Forces |
China Relations Taiwan |
Taiwan Relations China |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Charts -- Preface -- ONE. Introduction -- TWO. The Threat of War, the Necessity of Peace -- THREE. Strategic Challenges and the Struggle for Power, 1964-1969 -- FOUR. National Command Authority and the Decisionmaking Process -- FIVE. Military Command, Control, and Force Operations -- SIX. Redefining the Strategic Rocket Forces -- SEVEN. The Quest for a Modern Air Force -- EIGHT. Sun Tzu s Pupils and the Taiwan Challenge -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index |
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The fourth and final volume in a pioneering series on the Chinese military, Imagined Enemies offers an unprecedented look at its history, operational structure, modernization, and strategy. Beginnning with an examination of culturee adn thought in Part I, the authors explore the transition away transition away from Mao Zedong's revolutionary doctrine, the conflict with Moscow, and Beijing's preoccupation with Taiwanese separatism and preparations for war to thwart it. Part II focuses on operational and policy decisions in the National Command Authority and, subsequently, in the People's Liberation Army. Part III provides a detailed study of the Second Artillery, China's strategic rocket forces. The book concludes with the transformation of military |
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strategy and shows how it is being tested in military exercises, with Taiwan and the United States as "imagined enemies." |
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