A History of the Modern Chinese ArmyUniversity Press of Kentucky, 2007年6月1日 - 432 頁 Since the establishment of the Red Army in 1927, China's military has responded to profound changes in Chinese society, particularly its domestic politics, shifting economy, and evolving threat perceptions. Recently tensions between China and Taiwan and other east Asian nations have aroused great interest in the extraordinary transformation and new capabilities of the Chinese army. In A History of the Modern Chinese Army, Xiaobing Li, a former member of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), provides a comprehensive examination of the PLA from the Cold War to the beginning of the twenty-first century that highlights the military's central function in modern Chinese society. In the 1940s, the Chinese army was in its infancy, and many soldiers were rural conscripts and volunteers who had received little formal schooling. The Chinese military rapidly increased its mobility and weapon strength, and the Korean War and Cold War offered intense combat experience that not only allowed soldiers to hone their fighting techniques but also helped China to develop military tactics tailored to the surrounding countries whose armies posed the most immediate threats. Yet even in the 1970s, the completion of a middle school education (nine years) was considered above-average, and only 4 percent of the 224 top Chinese generals had any college credit hours. However, in 1995 the high command began to institute massive reforms to transform the PLA from a labor-intensive force into a technology-intensive army. Continually seeking more urban conscripts and emphasizing higher education, the PLA Reserve Officer Training and Selection program recruited students from across the nation. These reservists would become commissioned officers upon graduation, and they majored in atomic physics, computer science, and electrical engineering. Grounding the text in previously unreleased official Chinese government and military records as well as the personal testimonies of more than two hundred PLA soldiers, Li charts the development of China's armed forces against the backdrop of Chinese society, cultural traditions, political history, and recent technological advancements. A History of the Modern Chinese Army links China's military modernization to the country's growing international and economic power and provides a unique perspective on China's esttablishment and maintenance of one of the world's most advanced military forces. |
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... Communist Youth League Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) East China Command CPVF CYL DRV ECC FFC Fujian Front Command GLD GMD GPD GSD HMA HPCC ICP General Logistics Department Guomindang (Chinese Nationalist Party) General ...
... Communist military of the past. Throughout the last half of the twentieth century, the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) consisted of rural conscripts and volunteers who generally had attained little education. Two of my ...
... Communist sources. Their conclusions thus have to be drawn from publications in the West. Some Western researchers further have to depend on materials written in Western languages because of linguistic and cultural barriers. Some ...
... Communist as well as Nationalist leaders. With Mao as the undisputed leader in both theory and strategy throughout most of the PLA's history, the military leaders worked together and made most of the important decisions within the CMC ...
... Communist forces are valuable in examining the PLA from the other side. The third group used in my exploration of the topic is interviews, memoirs, and writings of Chinese generals and field commanders. From 1994 to 1996, my research ...
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Transformation in Korea | |
Russianizing the | |
Building Missiles and the Bomb | |
Crises and Politics | |
Border Conflicts and the Cultural Revolution | |
Survivor and Reformer | |
Technocrats and the New Generation | |
Selected Bibliography | |
Index | |