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Title Learning by doing : the PLA trains at home and abroad / Roy Kamphausen, David Lai, Travis Tanner, editors
Published Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 390 pages)
Series Strategic Studies Institute book
Strategic Studies Institute book.
Contents Introduction : PLA lessons learned from increasingly realistic exercises / Roy Kamphausen and Travis Tanner -- China's Navy prepares : domestic naval exercises, 2000-10 / Bernard D. Cole -- PLA naval exercises with international partners / Michael McDevitt -- "Controlling the four quarters" : China trains, equips, and employs a modern, mobile People's Armed Police Force / Cortez A. Cooper III -- Clarity of intentions : People's Liberation Army transregional exercises to defend China's borders / Dennis J. Blasko -- Looking good on paper : PLA participation in the Peace Mission 2010 multilateral military exercise / Daniel M. Hartnett -- PLA engagement with international partners : PLA involvement in international peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief / Chin-Hao Huang -- PLA logistics, 2004-11 : lessons learned in the field / Abraham M. Denmark -- The agony of learning : the PLA's transformation in military affairs / David Lai
Summary To better understand the PLA's ability to employ its developing capabilities in a variety of potential scenarios, this volume examines how the PLA learns by doing, specifically through its exercises and noncombat operations at home and overseas, and through key logistical and theoretical developments. Key findings are: 1) recent PLA exercises and operations point to an increasing interest in developing expeditionary naval capabilities and a presence in distant seas, suggesting that a move beyond the current "near seas" focus is both possible and an extension of existing efforts; 2) PLA ground force exercises -- rather than aiming to intimidate others by demonstrating the ability to project power beyond China's borders -- focus on moving military power within China, both to defend China's borders and perhaps as a prelude to military restructuring in which smaller but more mobile formations could replace larger and more static ones; 3) through its participation in international military exercises as well as peacekeeping operations and humanitarian aid and disaster relief missions, the PLA is gaining greater capabilities to deploy outside of China's borders for a variety of missions; and, 4) PLA operations are increasingly supported by a modern, civilian-integrated military logistics network, though a lack of overseas bases continues to limit the effectiveness of this network as it pertains to overseas power projection capabilities
Notes "November 2012."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun. -- Maneuvers
China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun. Hai jun. -- Maneuvers
SUBJECT China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun. fast (OCoLC)fst00535717
China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun. Hai jun. fast (OCoLC)fst00592570
Subject Military maneuvers -- China
Naval maneuvers -- China
Combined operations (Military science)
Armed Forces -- Reorganization.
Armed Forces -- Stability operations.
Combined operations (Military science)
Military maneuvers.
Military policy.
Military relations.
Naval maneuvers.
SUBJECT China -- Armed Forces -- Training of
China -- Armed Forces -- Stability operations
China -- Armed Forces -- Reorganization
China -- Military relations
China -- Military policy -- 21st century
Subject China.
Form Electronic book
Author Kamphausen, Roy, editor.
Lai, David, 1955- editor.
Tanner, Travis, editor.
Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, issuing body.
Other Titles People's Liberation Army trains at home and abroad
PLA trains at home and abroad