China's military transformation : politics and war preparation / / You Ji

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910156233503321
• Autore: You Ji <1955->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Polity, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-5095-0334-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (220 p.)
• Collana: China Today
• Disciplina: 327.51
• Soggetti: National security - China; China Armed Forces; China Military policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: China Today series; Title page; Copyright page; Tables and Figures; Map; Chronology; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Changing Civil-Military Relations; The Transformation of the PLA and Preparations for War; Methodology; Book Structure; Notes; 1: China's Changing Civil-Military Relations; Capturing the Change/Continuity Dynamics; A Constructive Paradigm: Conditional Subjective Control; Formula of Civilian Supremacy and PLA Autonomy; Notes; 2: PLA Politics under Jiang and Hu; Maximizing the Power of "Zhengtong" in Controlling the Gun; Institutionalization: An Effective Weapon of the Weak Civilian LeadersCivilian Control of Gun through Norms; Promoting PLA Professionalism and Meritocracy; Maintaining Civilian Leader/Commander Harmony; The Lesson of Xu Caihou; Notes; 3: The PLA and National Security; Civilian Primacy Over China's Foreign Policies; Broad CCP/PLA Consensus on China's Foreign/Security Policies; The PLA's Directional Leadership of National Security Affairs; Civil-Military Disharmony in Foreign Affairs Management?; Notes; 4: The People's Armed Police; Force Evolution and Functional Refinement; The PAP Force StructureCivil-Military Chains of Command; PAP Missions in Safeguarding China's Internal Security; Notes; 5: National Defense Strategy; Evolution of PLA National Defense Strategy; The ; Informatization Strategy; The Strategic Guidance for War Design; Notes; 6: Aerospace Power; The PLAAF's New Combat Doctrine and Transformation; Integrating Air and Space Power and the PLA's Aerospace Strategy; Capability-Based Search for Combat Aerospace Power; Building a Fully Fledged Operational Aerospace Force; Notes; 7: China's Deep Ocean Expansion; The Evolution of the PLAN Strategy; The PLAN's Carrier Ambition and StrategyThe Carrier Project and Naval Doctrine; Prospects for the Chinese Carrier Project; Notes; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; End User License Agreement