Civil-military relations in today's China swimming in a new sea /

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Finkelstein, David Michael, Gunness, Kristen, 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, Inc., c2007.
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Table of 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 Ça 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.