China's use of military force : beyond the Great Wall and the long march /

In this 2003 study of China's militarism, Andrew Scobell examines the use of military force abroad - as in Korea (1950), Vietnam (1979), and the Taiwan Strait (1995-6) - and domestically, as during the Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s and in the 1989 military crackdown in Tiananmen Square....

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Scobell, Andrew
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Collection:Cambridge modern China series.
Sujets:
Since 1949
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
Military policy
Heer
Militärischer Einsatz
Militärpolitik
Krijgsmacht.
Militaire politiek.
China > Military policy.
China > History, Military > 1949-
Chine > Politique militaire.
Chine > Histoire militaire > 1949-
China
Military history
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • The Chinese cult of defense
  • Bringing in the military
  • Lips and teeth: China's decision to intervene in Korea
  • Support the Left: PLA intervention in the Cultural Revolution
  • A self-defense counterattack: China's 1979 war with Vietnam
  • Why the People's Army fired on the people: Beijing, 1989
  • Show of force: the 1995-1996 Taiwan Strait crisis
  • Conclusion: explaining China's use of force.

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