Imagined enemies : China prepares for uncertain war
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Imagined enemies : China prepares for uncertain war
Stanford University Press, 2006
- : pbk
Available at 6 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-347) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The fourth and final volume in a pioneering series on the Chinese military, Imagined Enemies offers an unprecedented look at its history, operational structure, modernization, and strategy. Beginnning with an examination of culturee adn thought in Part I, the authors explore the transition away transition away from Mao Zedong's revolutionary doctrine, the conflict with Moscow, and Beijing's preoccupation with Taiwanese separatism and preparations for war to thwart it. Part II focuses on operational and policy decisions in the National Command Authority and, subsequently, in the People's Liberation Army. Part III provides a detailed study of the Second Artillery, China's strategic rocket forces. The book concludes with the transformation of military strategy and shows how it is being tested in military exercises, with Taiwan and the United States as "imagined enemies."
Table of Contents
Contents @toc4:Preface xxx 1. Introduction 1 @toc1:PART ONE. History, Memory, and Experience in Chinese Military Thinking @toc2:2. The Threat of War, the Necessity of Peace 000 3. Strategic Challenges and the Struggle for Power, 1964<- >1969 000 @toc1:PART TWO. Lessons Applied: Security Policymaking and Military Operations @toc2:4. National Command Authority and the Decisionmaking Process 000 5. Military Command, Control, and Force Operations 000 @toc1:PART THREE. Modernizing the Main Arsenal @toc2:6. Redefining the Strategic Rocket Forces 000 7. The Quest for a Modern Air Force 000 @toc1:PART FOUR. National Strategy and Threat of War @toc2:8. Sun Tzu's Pupils and the Taiwan Challenge 000 @toc4:Notes 000 References Cited 000 Index 000 Photographs follow page 000
by "Nielsen BookData"