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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... continued the conscription system through its provincial (jun) and county (xian) recruiting offices. Having witnessed the power of peasants during the period of peasant war and learned a lesson from the quick collapse of the Qin regime ...
... continued to pressure peasants for tax payments. As thousands of peasants died of hunger, those who survived raised the standard of revolt.39 From Shaanxi and Gansu (Kansu) emerged such peasant leaders as Li Zicheng (Li Tzu-ch'eng) and ...
... and cabinet continued, including mass rallies, assassination, and a military coup. After Yuan's death in 1916, the central government collapsed completely. Sun and the other revolutionary leaders never had control of.
... continued to control the HMA political department in 1924–26. By June 1926, about 160 faculty and staff at the HMA were CCP members.104 Zhou's experience at the HMA certainly contributed to his successful organization of the Nanchang ...
... continued their northward Long March in two columns, the First Front Army taking the western route and the Fourth an eastern route. In September 1935, however, Zhang and his troops moved southward. The Red Army faced a serious political ...
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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 | |