China's military faces the future /
James R. Lilley and David Shambaugh, editors.
- London : Routledge, c1999.
- xi, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Studies on contemporary China .
GBP34.99/- TRHO/2021/CRB/120-3 "An east gate book"--P. facing t.p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
China's post-Deng military leadership / David Shambaugh -- The PLA faces the twenty-first century: reflections on technology, doctrine, strategy, and operations / Paul H.B. Godwin -- Chinese views of future warfare / Michael Pillsbury -- Foreign arms acquisition and PLA modernization -- Appendix: gallery of known and possible future foreign acquisitions by China / Richard D. Fisher, Jr. -- Chinese defense procurement spending: determining intentions and capabilities / Bates Gill -- Reforming the dragon's tail: Chinese military logistics in the era of high-technology warfare and market economics / Tai Ming Cheung -- The understated revolution in Chinese science and technology: implications for the PLA in the twenty-first century / Wendy Frieman -- Chinese military strategy for the Korean Peninsula / Eric A. McVadon -- Strategic relations between Beijing and Pyongyang: growing strains amid lingering ties / Taeho Kim -- China's military strategy regarding Japan / June Teufel Dreyer.
This text looks at the future orientation of the People's Liberation Army. It covers military leadership, readiness and expenditure, defense doctrine, high-tech warfare acquisitions, the scientific and technological base for defense procurement and China's security concerns in Northeast Asia.