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Active Defense: China´s Military Strategy since 1949
M. Taylor Fravel
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Description for Active Defense: China´s Military Strategy since 1949
Hardback. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
What changes in China’s modern military policy reveal about military organizations and strategy
Since the 1949 Communist Revolution, China has devised nine different military strategies, which the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) calls “strategic guidelines.” What accounts for these numerous changes? Active Defense offers the first systematic look at China’s military strategy from the mid-twentieth century to today. Exploring the range and intensity of threats that China has faced, M. Taylor Fravel illuminates the nation’s past and present military goals and how China sought to achieve them, and offers a rich set of cases for deepening the study of change ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691152134
SKU
V9780691152134
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About M. Taylor Fravel
M. Taylor Fravel is the Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science and a member of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Strong Borders, Secure Nation (Princeton). Twitter @fravel
Reviews for Active Defense: China´s Military Strategy since 1949
"2019 War on the Rocks Holiday Reading List" "This is the first book to provide a comprehensive history of China’s military doctrine as it has evolved since the founding of the People’s Republic."
-Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs "Meticulously analyzes China’s military strategy since 1945 . . . . A classic that is likely to have great long-term influence . . ... Read more
-Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs "Meticulously analyzes China’s military strategy since 1945 . . . . A classic that is likely to have great long-term influence . . ... Read more