ABSTRACT
This is the most up-to-date assessment of all aspects of the People's Liberation Army. Leading specialists on the Chinese military cover military leadership, defense doctrine and military readiness, preparations for high-tech warfare, military expenditure, military logistics, the scientific and technological base for defense procurement, and China's security concerns in Northeast Asia.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|27 pages
The New High Command
part II|155 pages
Doctrine, Strategy, and Weapons
chapter 3|25 pages
The PLA Faces the Twenty-First Century
Reflections on Technology, Doctrine, Strategy, and Operations
part III|75 pages
The Support Base
chapter 7|19 pages
Reforming the Dragon's Tail
Chinese Military Logistics in the Era of High-Technology Warfare and Market Economics
chapter 8|21 pages
The Understated Revolution in Chinese Science and Technology
Implications for the PLA in the Twenty-First Century
part IV|75 pages
China's Northeast Asian Security Environment
chapter 10|27 pages
Strategic Relations Between Beijing and Pyongyang
Growing Strains amid Lingering Ties
