03132nam 22005294a 450 991081868330332120200520144314.01-317-47435-X1-315-70560-51-280-91272-397866109127280-7656-2221-1(OCoLC)527355678(MiFhGG)GVRL1XIN(MiAaPQ)EBC302418(CKB)1000000000348439(EXLCZ)99100000000034843920140724d2007 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrCivil-military relations in today's China swimming in a new sea /David M. Finkelstein and Kristen Gunness, editorsArmonk, N.Y. M.E. Sharpe, Inc.c20071 online resource (xviii, 326 pages) illustrationsGale eBooks"An East Gate book."0-7656-1660-2 0-7656-1659-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Social trends in China : implications for the Pople's Liberation Army / Tony Saich -- The impact of social changes on the PLA : a Chinese military perspective / Xiaobing Li -- The new military elite : generational profile and contradictory trends / Cheng Li -- The fourth-generation leaders and the new military elite / Yu bin -- The PLA and the provinces : military district and local issues / Zhiyue Bo -- The political implications of PLA professionalism / Lyman Miller -- Unravelling the myths about political commissars / You Ji -- Searching for a twenty-first-century officer corps / Thomas J. Bickford -- Educating the officer corps : the Chinese People's Liberation Army and its interactions with civilian academic institutions / Kristen Gunness -- China's defense budget : is there impending friction between defense and civilian needs? / Joseph Fewsmith -- The PLA in the new economy : plus Ca change, plus C'est la meme chose / James Mulvenon -- The challenge of conscription in an era of social change / Sijin Cheng -- Demobilization and resettlement: the challenge of downsizing the People's Liberation Army / Maryanne Kivlehan-Wise -- People's war in the twenty-first century : the militia and the reserves / Dennis J. Blasko.Providing an examination of civil-military relations in China, this book reflects the changes taking place in Chinese society and their impact on the civil-military dynamic. It explores issues, such as the impact of AIDS, the defense budget, the emerging dynamic between the military and China's leadership, the role of the militia, and more.Civil-military relationsChinaSocial changeChinaCivil-military relationsSocial change322/.50951Finkelstein David Michael280200Gunness Kristen1976-1760473MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818683303321Civil-military relations in today's China4199460UNINA