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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450352303321

Titolo

Seeking truth from facts [[electronic resource] ] : a retrospective on Chinese military studies in the post-Mao era / / edited by James C. Mulvenon, Andrew N. D. Yang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : National Security Research Division, RAND, 2001

ISBN

0-8330-4372-2

1-59875-229-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MulvenonJames C. <1970->

YangAndrew N. D

Disciplina

355.033551

355/.033551

Soggetti

Civil-military relations - China

Military doctrine - China

Electronic books.

China Armed Forces Congresses

China Military policy Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A series of retrospective papers given at a conference held in Washington, D.C., 8-11 July 1999, on Chinese civil-military relations, force structure, doctrine, capabilities, and the state of the field"-- Introd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-213).

Nota di contenuto

1. Retrospective on the study of Chinese civil-military relations since 1979: what have we learned? where do we go? -- 2. Commentary on civil-military relations in China: the search for new paradigms -- 3. PLA force structure: a 20-year retrospective -- 4. Compensating for deficiencies: doctrinal evolution in the Chinese People's Liberation Army, 1978-1999 -- 5. Commentary on doctrine -- 6. Transformation and refinement of Chinese military doctrine: reflection and critique on the PLA's view -- 7. Chinese military-technical development: the record for western assessments, 1979-1999 -- 8. Comments on "China's military-technical developments: the record for western assessments, 1979-1999" -- 9. CAPS and the study of the PLA: a review essay -- 10. Eight points for attention.



Sommario/riassunto

This text represents the proceedings of a conference which assessed trends in Chinese civil-military relations, force structure, doctrine and capabilities, as well as the state of the China military studies field. The volume is a retrospective of Western research on the People's Liberation Army.