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The dragon's teeth : the Chinese people's liberation armyits history, traditions, and air sea and land capability in the 21st century / Benjamin Lai.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lai, Benjamin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] ; Oxford, [England] : Casemate, 2016.
- Summary:
- What is today's PLA really like? What are its traditions and histories, and how is it armed and equpped? How does it recruit and train? This book describes some of the lesser known battles and wars the Chinese undertook in the early years of the PLA and how their key weapons systems have developed.
- Contents:
- Early years of the Chinese PLA
- Post-1949 developments
- The Chinese PLA today
- Key arms
- Chinese weapons and the armaments industry
- China's strategic view
- Afterword: The new model PLA?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 14, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9781612003894
- 1612003893
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