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1 online resource (vi, 398 pages) : illustrations |
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War and Terrorism Collection |
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Academic OneFile |
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Military & Intelligence Database |
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War and Terrorism Collection
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| Contents |
Introduction / David Lai and Marc Miller -- How China manages Taiwan and its impact on PLA missions / Andrew Scobell -- How China manages internal security challenges and its impact on PLA missions / Murray Scot Tanner -- China's expanding presence in UN peacekeeping operations and implications for the United States / Bates Gill and Chin-hao Huang -- PLA missions in frontier security and counterterrorism / Robert O. Modarelli III -- Strategic deterrence beyond Taiwan / Brad Roberts -- Prospects for China's military space efforts / Dean Cheng -- PLA computer network operations; scenarios, doctrine, organizations and capability / James Mulvenon -- China's regional power projection: prospects for future missions in the South and East China seas / Mark Cozad -- PLA "joint" operational contingencies in South Asia, Central Asia, and Korea / Larry M. Woertzel |
| Summary |
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has undergone a staggering transformation, to become a more mobile and high-tech military force with increased number and variety of missions at home and abroad, in addition to its traditional focus on contingencies in the Taiwan Strait. Increased missions have included disaster and humanitarian relief, United Nations peacekeeping operations, counterterrorism, cyber security and anti-piracy. This volume explores the direction the PLA will take in pursuing its new missions, and how those missions affect the evolution of the PLA's objectives and capabilities, whether new PLA doctrines will emerge, and how they will affect the security of the Asia Pacific and beyond |
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"April 2008." |
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Foreword by Dennis C. Blair |
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"The 2008 PLA Conference, conducted by the National Bureau of Asian Research, the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, and the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A & M University, brought together more than 70 leading experts at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania ..."--Page 4 of cover |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun -- Reorganization -- Congresses
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United Nations -- China -- Congresses
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China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun |
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United Nations |
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Military doctrine -- China -- Congresses
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Internal security -- China -- Congresses
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Civil-military relations -- China -- Congresses
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Administrative agencies -- Reorganization
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Armed Forces -- Civic action
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Armed Forces -- Reorganization
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Civil-military relations
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Internal security
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Military doctrine
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Military policy
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China -- Armed Forces -- Reorganization -- Congresses
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China -- Armed Forces -- Civic action -- Congresses
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China -- Military policy -- Congresses
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China
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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Kamphausen, Roy.
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Lai, David, 1955-
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Scobell, Andrew.
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Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.
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National Bureau of Asian Research (U.S.)
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Bush School of Government & Public Service
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