Mao's Army Goes to Sea : The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China's Navy /

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"This is a history of the creation of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and Mao Zedong's attempt to end the civil war with the conquest of key offshore islands. The civil war had been fought with a peasant army, yet to complete the consolidation of power and pursue its...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yoshihara, Toshi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
China. > Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun. > Hai jun.
China.
China > History, Naval > 20th century.
Naval history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • An Overlooked History
  • The East China Navy
  • The People's Navy
  • The Xiamen, Jinmen, and Zhoushan Campaigns
  • The Hainan and Wanshan Campaigns
  • An Assessment of the PLA's Seaward Turn
  • Discerning Institutional Continuities
  • Conclusion.

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