China's Use of Military Force: Beyond the Great Wall and the Long March
(Part of the Cambridge Modern China Series)
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Andrew Scobell examines the use of Chinese military force abroad as in Korea (1950), Vietnam (1979), and the Taiwan Strait (1995-1996) and domestically, as during the Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s and in the 1989 military crackdown in Tiananmen square. Scobell warns that a Cult of Defense disposes Chinese leaders to rationalize all military deployment as defensive. However, changes in the People's Liberation Army's doctrine and capabilities...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:B0041CUDUA
ISBN13:9780521525855
Release Date:September 2003
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:318 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"
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