Published 2021
Table of Contents:
“…Preface : Four Periods of
modern Chinese naval development -- Introduction : China's
modern navy in historical perspective : the importance of coastal defense strategies -- The origins of the "
modern" navy under the Qing dynasty -- The first opium war and Chinese naval
modernization -- The Chinese navy in the second opium war, in Okinawa, and in Annam -- China's navy and the sino-Japanese war of 1894-1895 -- The Chinese navy's incomplete
modernization and westernization -- The "new army" reforms and the Chinese navy's impact of the Xinhai revolution -- The nationalist navy from 1922 through 1938 -- The post-world war II nationalist navy through the Chinese civil war -- Founding the PRC and the early
history of the PLAN -- The Chongqing mutiny and the creation of the PLAN -- PLAN's coastal defense and the nationalist navy's use of the off-shore Islands to blockade China -- The sino-Soviet alliance and the growth of the PLAN -- The nationalist navy and China's PLAN as an emerging regional navy -- Sino-Soviet conflict and the PRC decision to open relations with the United States --
Modernization, westernization, and geographic responsibilities of the PLAN -- China's historical and regional constraints and the future of the PLAN -- Conclusions.…”
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