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The Chinese Army After Mao
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- ISBN
- 9780674548497
- Publication Year
- 1987
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Chinese Army after Mao
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Item Weight
- 18.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Ellis Joffe has drawn on a lifetime of experience as an analyst of Chinese military affairs in this authoritative assessment of a highly elusive subject: military modernization and the politics of civilian-military relations in the post-Mao period. He has sifted vast amounts of evidence, primary and secondary, to show that during the past few years the Chinese army has been transformed into a relatively modern and professional force that will be the basis for future growth of China'e(tm)s military power. The author begins by describing the development of the People'e(tm)s Liberation Army in the Maoist era and explains the reasons for its decline. He analyzes the political changes and the shifts in strategic outlook of Mao'e(tm)s successors that have made possible a new policy of military modernization: a policy of raising the combat capability of the PLA through slow improvements of technology'e"including buying some material abroad'e"and a thorough upgrading of the nontechnological components of military power. Joffe examines all aspects of the PLA'e(tm)s modernization, focusing on the wide-ranging changes in doctrine, weapons, organization, structure, and modes of operation, and concludes with an analysis of the PLA'e(tm)s political role and the state of civil'e"military relations. There is a particularly perspicacious chapter dissecting Deng'e(tm)s maneuvers to remove the military influence in politics that had burgeoned during and after the Cultural Revolution.
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674548493
ISBN-13
9780674548497
eBay Product ID (ePID)
260661
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Chinese Army after Mao
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1987
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
18.7 Oz
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Ua837.J64 1987
Table of Content
Preface Acknowledgements 1. The Maoist Legacy Military Modernization in the 1950s: A Brief Beginning The Soviet Connection and the Chinese Army The Great Leap Forward and the Return to 'People's War' The Leadership of Lin Biao: A Precarious Balancing Act The PLA in the Cultural Revolution: The Politics and Effects of Intervention 2. Leadership Politics and Perceptions The Political Setting The 'Second Revolution' and the Military Threat Perception and Military Policy Implications for Military Modernization 3. A New Military Policy Weapons Acquisition and Defence Spending Weapons Import Policy Implications of the New Policy 4. "People's War Under Modern Conditions": Military Doctrine in Flux Maoist Military Doctrine "People's War Under Modern Conditions" Nuclear War "Under Modern Conditions" Doctrinal Change and the Militia Doctrinal Change Goes to Sea Strategic Doctrine and Arms Control "People's War" or "Modern Conditions"? 5. Weapons and Equipment: Backward but Better The PLA in the Late 1970s The Role of the Arms Industry Modernization of Weapons Arms Imports and Exports An Assessment 6. Reforming the PLA: Professionalism First The Officer Corps: A New Look Retirement of Veteran Officers A Smaller Army Streamlining Structures and Styles Training for Modern War An Assessment 7. Civil-Military Relations: Deng in Command Back to the Barracks The PLA in the Regions and at the Centre Restoring Political Control Political Dissent and Civil-Military Relations Conclusion Notes Index
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Military / General, Asia / China
Lccn
87-000131
Dewey Decimal
355/.00951
Dewey Edition
19
Genre
History
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