The PLA at Home and Abroad: Assessing the Operational Capabilities of China's Military
Edited by Mr. Roy Kamphausen, Dr. David Lai, Dr. Andrew Scobell.
July 2010
656 Pages
Brief Synopsis
The chapters presented in this volume have demonstrated first, Chinese and PLA leaders have a strong sense of mission and concern for China’s security and well-being. Second, the PLA is committed to the transformation in military affairs with Chinese characteristics. Third, the PLA is eager to learn from the U.S. military to expand and improve its operational capabilities. Finally, the PLA has made progress in its transformation and operational capabilities. For a long time, American leaders have been surprised with the PLA’s advances. This volume (and many of the previous volumes from past PLA conferences) show that these advances did not come out of the blue. Although much of the learning and many of the improvements are still far from what is desired (from Chinese expectations and American critiques), and some of the learning has even created contradictions for the PLA, these persistent and diligent learning practices will eventually bring the PLA to a higher level of proficiency in its capabilities. The emergence of a much more sophisticated PLA in the coming years should not be a surprise.
Contents
Foreword
1. Introduction
David Lai
2. The People’s Liberation Army and the Changing Global Security Landscape
Paul H. B. Godwin
3. Discourse in 3-D: The PLA’s Evolving Doctrine, Circa 2009
Andrew Scobell
4. Changing Civil-Military Relations in China
You Ji and Daniel Alderman
5. Towards an Integrative C4ISR System: Informationization and Joint Operations in the People’s Liberation Army
Kevin Pollpeter
6. The People’s Liberation Army and China’s Internal Security Challenges
Harold M. Tanner
7. Chinese Sea Power in Action: The Counter Piracy Mission in the Gulf of Aden and Beyond
Andrew S. Erickson
8. People’s Liberation Army and People’s Armed Police Ground Exercises with Foreign Forces, 2002-2009
Dennis J. Blasko
9. Military Exchanges with Chinese Characteristics: The People’s Liberation Army Experience with Military Relations
Heidi Holz and Kenneth Allen
10. Emerging Grand Strategy for China’s Defense Industry Reform
Eric Hagt
11. Taming the Hydra: Trends in China’s Military Logistics Since 2000
Susan M. Puska
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