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The Dragon´s Teeth: The Chinese People´s Liberation Army-its History, Traditions, and Air Sea and Land Capability in the 21st Century
Benjamin Lai
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Description for The Dragon´s Teeth: The Chinese People´s Liberation Army-its History, Traditions, and Air Sea and Land Capability in the 21st Century
Hardback. An illuminating look at today's Chinese armed forces, taking into consideration their costly history, as well as the marvel of new technological capability and training that they believe will not place them on a losing side again .. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JMG; HBJF; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 32. Weight in Grams: 736.
When Mao Zedong proclaimed The People's Republic of China in 1949, China was a poor and wrecked society after years of continuous wars. For centuries, in fact, China had been seen as a sort of plunder-zone to be invaded, and then a backwater until the late 1980s, when domestic policy brought about monumental changes. The result was that in the past quarter-century China has grown to be the second largest economy in the world, and its military has grown proportionately. Successive decades of economic growth have transformed China-in addition to the weapons revolution during the computer age-so that ... Read more
When Mao Zedong proclaimed The People's Republic of China in 1949, China was a poor and wrecked society after years of continuous wars. For centuries, in fact, China had been seen as a sort of plunder-zone to be invaded, and then a backwater until the late 1980s, when domestic policy brought about monumental changes. The result was that in the past quarter-century China has grown to be the second largest economy in the world, and its military has grown proportionately. Successive decades of economic growth have transformed China-in addition to the weapons revolution during the computer age-so that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781612003887
SKU
V9781612003887
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Ref
99-16
About Benjamin Lai
Benjamin Lai was originally from Hong Kong, but educated in the UK. He was one of the few Chinese to serve in the British Army as a commissioned officer in the 1980s in both Hong Kong and the UK. Fully bilingual, Benjamin Lai has been interested in World War II and postwar matters for many years but in recent times ... Read more
Reviews for The Dragon´s Teeth: The Chinese People´s Liberation Army-its History, Traditions, and Air Sea and Land Capability in the 21st Century
The title of the book, the Dragon's Teeth, refers to the People's Liberation Army, and author Benjamin Lal tells the unprecedented story of its formation, its strengths and weaknesses, its exploits since its formation and the force it represents should a foreign power attempt to encroach on its terrain. Unparalleled information on the force and its history through the last ... Read more