02863nam 2200505 450 991015472440332120230828220825.00-8047-7946-510.1515/9780804779463(CKB)3710000000971677(MiAaPQ)EBC5419717(DE-B1597)564691(DE-B1597)9780804779463(OCoLC)1198931922(iGPub)CSPLUS0005891(EXLCZ)99371000000097167720180627d2006 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierImagined enemies China prepares for uncertain war /John Wilson Lewis and Xue LitaiStanford, California :Stanford University Press,2006.1 online resource (xiv, 362 pages)0-8047-6103-5 0-8047-5391-1 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 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 strategy and shows how it is being tested in military exercises, with Taiwan and the United States as "imagined enemies."Military planningChinaChinaMilitary policyChinaArmed ForcesChinaRelationsTaiwanTaiwanRelationsChinaMilitary planning355.033551Lewis John Wilson1930-2017,1070788Xue Litai1947-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154724403321Imagined enemies2565078UNINA