Seeking Truth From Facts
A Retrospective on Chinese Military Studies in the Post-Mao Era
This edited volume contains full-length papers given at a conference jointly sponsored by the RAND Center for Asia-Pacific Policy and the Taiwan-based Chinese Council for Advanced Policy Studies. The conference brought together many of the nation's top experts to assess trends in Chinese civil-military relations, force structure, doctrine, and capabilities over the past 20 years, as well as the state of the China military studies field. The book thus provides a comprehensive retrospective of Western research on the People's Liberation Army in the last quarter of the 20th century.
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- Document Number: CF-160-CAPP
- Year: 2001
- Series: Conference Proceedings
Contents
Chapter 1
A Retrospective on the Study of Chinese Civil-Military Relations Since 1979: What Have We Learned? Where Do We Go?
Chapter 2
Commentary on Civil-Military Relations in China: The Search for New Paradigms
Chapter 3
PLA Force Structure: A 20-Year Retrospective
Chapter 4
Compensating for Deficiencies: Doctrinal Evolution in the Chinese People's Liberation Army: 1978-1999
Chapter 5
Commentary on Doctrine
Chapter 6
Transformation and Refinement of Chinese Military Doctrine: Reflection and Critique on the PLA's View
Chapter 7
Chinese Military-Technical Development: The Record for Western Assessments, 1979-1999
Chapter 8
Comments on "China's Military-Technical Developments: The Record for Western Assessments, 1979-1999"
Chapter 9
CAPS and the Study of the PLA: A Review Essay
Chapter 10
Eight Points for Attention
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