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The "people" in the PLA : recruitment, training, and education in China's military / Roy Kamphausen, Andrew Scobell, Travis Tanner, editors.

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Format:
Book
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Contributor:
Kamphausen, Roy
Scobell, Andrew
Tanner, Travis
Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Series:
Strategic Studies Institute Reports ; 2008.
Strategic Studies Institute Reports ; 2008
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
China--History.
China.
China--Military policy.
Military education--China.
Military education.
Military policy.
Genre:
History
Physical Description:
1 online resource (vi, 395 pages)
Other Title:
People in the People's Liberation Army
Recruitment, training, and education in China's military
Place of Publication:
[Carlisle, Pa.] : Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College, 2008.
Summary:
"As part of its larger reform effort to modernize and transform its military into a technologically sophisticated force, the PLA has implemented a number of measures aimed at training up a "new-type" officer for its modernized forces--one capable of operating effectively in a technologically advanced "informationalized" environment."
Contents:
Introduction / Roy Kamphausen, Andrew Scobell, Travis Tanner
Trends in education and training, 1924-2007 : from Whampoa to Nanking Polytechnic / Thomas J. Bickford
"True is false, false is true, virtual is reality, reality is virtual" : technology and simulation in the Chinese military training revolution / James Mulvenon
PLA conscript and noncommissioned officer individual training / Dennis J. Blasko
Building the fighting strength : PLA officer accession, education, training, and utilization / John F. Corbett, Edward C. O'Dowd, David D. Chen
Reforming the officer corps : keeping the college grads in, the peasants out, and the incompetent down / Kristin Gunness, Fred Vellucci
PLA career progressions and policies / Elizabeth Hague
Educating "new-type military talent" : the PLA's command colleges / Nan Li
The cradle of generals : strategists, commanders, and the PLA-National Defense University / Paul H.B. Godwin
Shaping China's next generation of military leaders : for what kind of army? / Ellis Joffe.
Notes:
Title from title screen (viewed September 24, 2008).
"September 2008."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-388).
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2025.
Other Format:
Print version: "People" in the PLA.
ISBN:
158487354X
9781584873549
OCLC:
256468284
Access Restriction:
Use copy Restrictions unspecified

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