LEADER 03055oam 2200493 450 001 9910784474903321 005 20170523091551.0 010 $a1-317-47435-X 010 $a1-315-70560-5 010 $a1-280-91272-3 010 $a9786610912728 010 $a0-7656-2221-1 035 $a(OCoLC)527355678 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL1XIN 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000348439 100 $a20060103d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCivil-military relations in today's China $eswimming in a new sea /$fDavid M. Finkelstein and Kristen Gunness, editors 210 $aArmonk, N.Y. $cM.E. Sharpe, Inc.$dc2007 210 1$aArmonk, N.Y. :$cM.E. Sharpe, Inc.,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 326 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $a"An East Gate Book." 311 $a0-7656-1659-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSocial 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 C?a change, plus C'est la me?me 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. 330 $aProviding 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. 606 $aCivil-military relations$zChina 606 $aSocial change$zChina 615 0$aCivil-military relations 615 0$aSocial change 676 $a322/.50951 702 $aFinkelstein$b David Michael 702 $aGunness$b Kristen$f1976- 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784474903321 996 $aCivil-military relations in today's China$93872118 997 $aUNINA