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China's Goldwater-Nichols? : Assessing PLA organizational reforms / by Phillip C. Saunders and Joel Wuthnow.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Saunders, Phillip C. (Phillip Charles), 1966- author.
- Wuthnow, Joel, author.
- Series:
- Strategic forum ; No. 294.
- Strategic forum ; No. 294
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun--Organization.
- China.
- China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun.
- China--Military policy.
- Armies--Organization.
- Military policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (12 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Assessing PLA organizational reforms
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs, 2016.
- Summary:
- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is undertaking its most significant restructuring since 1949, including changes to all of the PLA's main organizational pillars, the Central Military Commission, services, and theaters. The reforms are modeled partly on the U.S. military structure, where combatant commanders lead operations and the services train and equip troops. However, the PLA remains a Leninist military responsible for defending Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule. The reforms aim to tighten CCP supervision over a force seen as corrupt and unaccountable and to enhance the PLA's ability to conduct joint operations across multiple domains. Theater commanders will be able to develop force packages drawn from all the services, and a new Strategic Support Force will provide C4ISR support. The reforms will create a short- term organizational disruption, but may enable more effective joint war fighting over the long term. The PLA will have to overcome significant obstacles such as continued ground force dominance and inter-service rivalry to make the reforms succeed.
- Notes:
- "April 2016."
- Title from title screen (viewed June 24, 2016).
- "Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 9-11).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Saunders, Phillip C. (Phillip Charles), 1966- China's Goldwater-Nichols?
- OCLC:
- 946051492
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