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Seeking truth from facts : a retrospective on Chinese military studies in the post-Mao era / edited by James C. Mulvenon, Andrew N. D. Yang.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil-military relations--China--Congresses.
- Civil-military relations.
- Military doctrine--China--Congresses.
- Military doctrine.
- China--Armed Forces--Congresses.
- China.
- China--Military policy--Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : National Security Research Division, RAND, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- "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.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-213).
- ISBN:
- 0-8330-4372-2
- 1-59875-229-4
- OCLC:
- 191037667
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