| Description |
xviii, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
"An East Gate book." |
| Contents |
Social trends in China : implications for the Pople's Liberation Army / Tony Saich -- The impact of social changes on the PLA : a Chinese military perspective / Xiaobing Li -- The new military elite : generational profile and contradictory trends / Cheng Li -- The fourth-generation leaders and the new military elite / Yu Bin -- The PLA and the provinces : military district and local issues / Zhiyue Bo -- The political implications of PLA professionalism / Lyman Miller -- Unravelling the myths about political commissars / You Ji -- Searching for a twenty-first-century officer corps / Thomas J. Bickford -- Educating the officer corps : the Chinese People's Liberation Army and its interactions with civilian academic institutions / Kristen Gunness -- China's defense budget : is there impending friction between defense and civilian needs? / Joseph Fewsmith -- The PLA in the new economy : plus Ca change, plus C'est la même chose / James Mulvenon -- The challenge of conscription in an era of social change / Sijin Cheng -- Demobilization and resettlement: the challenge of downsizing the People's Liberation Army / Maryanne Kivlehan-Wise -- People's war in the twenty-first century : the militia and the reserves / Dennis J. Blasko. |
| Subject |
Civil-military relations -- China.
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China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun.
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Social change -- China.
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| Added Author |
Finkelstein, David Michael.
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Gunness, Kristen, 1976-
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| ISBN |
0765616602 (pbk.) |
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9780765616609 (pbk.) |
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0765616599 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780765616593 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 291735932 |
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YDXCP 2373522 |
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IG# 0765616599 |
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NZ1 10646126 |
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AU@ 000041172731 |
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