Learning by doing : the PLA trains at home and abroad / Roy Kamphausen, David Lai, Travis Tanner, editors.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Kamphausen, Roy, editor.

Lai, David, 1955- editor.

Tanner, Travis, editor.

Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, issuing body.

Series:

Strategic Studies Institute book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun--Maneuvers.

China.

China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun. Hai jun--Maneuvers.

China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun.

China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun. Hai jun.

Military maneuvers--China.

Military maneuvers.

Naval maneuvers--China.

Naval maneuvers.

Combined operations (Military science).

China--Armed Forces--Training of.

China--Armed Forces--Stability operations.

China--Armed Forces--Reorganization.

China--Military relations.

China--Military policy--21st century.

Armed Forces--Reorganization.

Armed Forces--Stability operations.

Military policy.

Military relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 390 pages).

polychrome.

Other Title:

People's Liberation Army trains at home and abroad

PLA trains at home and abroad

Place of Publication:

Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

To better understand the PLA's ability to employ its developing capabilities in a variety of potential scenarios, this volume examines how the PLA learns by doing, specifically through its exercises and noncombat operations at home and overseas, and through key logistical and theoretical developments. Key findings are: 1) recent PLA exercises and operations point to an increasing interest in developing expeditionary naval capabilities and a presence in distant seas, suggesting that a move beyond the current "near seas" focus is both possible and an extension of existing efforts; 2) PLA ground force exercises -- rather than aiming to intimidate others by demonstrating the ability to project power beyond China's borders -- focus on moving military power within China, both to defend China's borders and perhaps as a prelude to military restructuring in which smaller but more mobile formations could replace larger and more static ones; 3) through its participation in international military exercises as well as peacekeeping operations and humanitarian aid and disaster relief missions, the PLA is gaining greater capabilities to deploy outside of China's borders for a variety of missions; and, 4) PLA operations are increasingly supported by a modern, civilian-integrated military logistics network, though a lack of overseas bases continues to limit the effectiveness of this network as it pertains to overseas power projection capabilities.

Contents:

Introduction : PLA lessons learned from increasingly realistic exercises / Roy Kamphausen and Travis Tanner

China's Navy prepares : domestic naval exercises, 2000-10 / Bernard D. Cole

PLA naval exercises with international partners / Michael McDevitt

"Controlling the four quarters" : China trains, equips, and employs a modern, mobile People's Armed Police Force / Cortez A. Cooper III

Clarity of intentions : People's Liberation Army transregional exercises to defend China's borders / Dennis J. Blasko

Looking good on paper : PLA participation in the Peace Mission 2010 multilateral military exercise / Daniel M. Hartnett

PLA engagement with international partners : PLA involvement in international peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief / Chin-Hao Huang

PLA logistics, 2004-11 : lessons learned in the field / Abraham M. Denmark

The agony of learning : the PLA's transformation in military affairs / David Lai.

Notes:

PDF version; title from title page (viewed Dec. 4, 2012).

"November 2012."

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Paper version: Learning by doing

OCLC:

820153961

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