Seeking truth from facts : a retrospective on Chinese military studies in the post-Mao era / edited by James C. Mulvenon, Andrew N.D. Yang.

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Series: Conference proceedings (Rand Corporation) ; 160.Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2001Description: xxii, 213 pages ; 28 cmContent type:

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0833029363
0833043722 (electronic bk.)
9780833029362
9780833043726 (electronic bk.)

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UA837 .S22 2001

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Contents:

A Retrospective on the Study of Chinese Civil-Military Relations Since 1979: What Have We Learned? Where Do We Go? -- Commentary on Civil-Military Relations in China: The Search for New Paradigms -- PLA Force Structure: A 20-Year Retrospective -- Compensating for Deficiencies: Doctrinal Evolution in the Chinese People's Liberation Army: 1978-1999 -- Commentary on Doctrine -- Transformation and Refinement of Chinese Military Doctrine: Reflection and Critique on the PLA's View -- Chinese Military-Technical Development: The Record for Western Assessments, 1979-1999 -- Comments on "China's Military-Technical Developments: The Record for Western Assessments, 1979-1999" -- CAPS and the Study of the PLA: A Review Essay -- Eight Points for Attention.

Summary: This edited volume contains full-length papers given at a conference jointly sponsored by the RAND Center for Asia-Pacific Policy and the Taiwan-based Chinese Council for Advanced Policy Studies. The conference brought together many of the nation's top experts to assess trends in Chinese civil-military relations, force structure, doctrine, and capabilities over the past 20 years, as well as the state of the China military studies field. The book thus provides a comprehensive retrospective of Western research on the People's Liberation Army in the last quarter of the 20th century.

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"Center for Asia-Pacific Policy -- National Security Research Division."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-213).

This edited volume contains full-length papers given at a conference jointly sponsored by the RAND Center for Asia-Pacific Policy and the Taiwan-based Chinese Council for Advanced Policy Studies. The conference brought together many of the nation's top experts to assess trends in Chinese civil-military relations, force structure, doctrine, and capabilities over the past 20 years, as well as the state of the China military studies field. The book thus provides a comprehensive retrospective of Western research on the People's Liberation Army in the last quarter of the 20th century.

Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.

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