Chinese Warfighting : The PLA Experience
Author | : | Mark A. Ryan, David M. Finkelstein, Michael A. Mcdevitt |
Year of Publication | : | 2010 |
Publisher | : | KW Publishers Pvt Ltd |
ISBN - 13 | : | 9789380502168 |
Edition | : | First |
Language | : | English |
Binding | : | Paperback |
Subject | : | China / Chinese Studies |
About the Book :
Most discussion of China's military development and
modernization tends to focus on traditional Chinese strategic thought, such as
the applicability of Sunzi to modern conditions, or on the specifics and
hardware of China's military modernization and the degree of danger this modernization
might present. Both are interesting and essential to the understanding of China
and the People's Liberation Army (PLA), but they are disconnected from the
concrete details of the modern PLA warfighting experience.
This book is a systematic study of modern China's military campaigns and the
actual warfighting conducted by the PLA since the founding of the People's
Republic in 1949. It provides a general overview of the evolution of PLA
military doctrine and focuses on major combat episodes since the civil war with
the Nationalists in the 1930s and 1940s to the last significant combat episode
in Vietnam in 1979, and it also includes navy and air operations through 1999.
Other topics discussed are military planning, command, and control; fighting and
politics; combat tactics and performance; technological catch-up and doctrinal
flexibility; the role of Mao Zedong; scale and typologies of fighting; and
deterrence. The chapters are well grounded in fresh archival sources, and the
contributors—a mix of scholars from mainland China, Taiwan, and the United
State—have generated new insights and perspective
About Author :
Mark A Ryan, David M Finkelstein & Michael A Mcdevitt: David M. Finkelstein is the director of Project Asia, The CNA Corporation Asian Security Studies Center. Rear Admiral Michael A. McDevitt, US Navy (Retd), is director of The CNA Corporation Center for Strategic Studies. Mark A. Ryan is a research analyst within Project Asia at The CNA Corporation.