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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454730403321

Autore

Fisher Richard D. <1959->

Titolo

China's military modernization [[electronic resource] ] : building for regional and global reach / / Richard D. Fisher Jr. ; foreword by Arthur Waldron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger Security International, 2008

ISBN

1-282-41607-3

9786612416071

1-56720-761-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Disciplina

355.30951

Soggetti

National security - China - Evaluation

Electronic books.

China Armed Forces

China Armed Forces Weapons systems

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

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 China's Strategic Challenge; CHAPTER 2 The Party Army: Pillar of China's Government; CHAPTER 3 Foreign Security Policy; CHAPTER 4 China's Military Transformation; CHAPTER 5 Military-Technical Sector Transformation; CHAPTER 6 Building for Local War Dominance; CHAPTER 7 Building for Future Power Projection; CHAPTER 8 How the CCP-PLA Challenges America and Its Allies; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume examines the transformation of China's military over the past 15 years while projecting out to the next decade how China may act politically and militarily to defend its interests out into the next decade.