The Chinese Military System: An Organizational Study of the Chinese People's Liberation Armysecond Edition, Revised and Updated (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780367290825)

To understand the Chinese military, and thereby the dynamics of China's peacetime army, one must understand its organizational system. To that end, Harvey Nelsen has written a book that examines in detail the entire organization of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). Dr. Nelsen studies the PLA from top to bottom. Throughout, he challenges the widely held theory that military politics in China are largely determined by personal relations among officers and that the PLA is more a civic-action army than are most military organizations. Important as a purely military study, this book is valuable also for the light it sheds on the whole of Chinese bureaucratic politics. This second edition has been revised to reflect changes that have occurred since the death of Chairman Mao as well as to incorporate new information about the Chinese military and political system during Mao's reign.

Author: Harvey W. Nelsen
ISBN-10: 0367290820
ISBN-13: 9780367290825
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2019
Pages: 285
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.60w x 0.90d