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Summary:

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. Debunking the view that China has become increasingly belligerent in recent years because of the growing influence of soldiers, Scobell concludes that China's strategic culture has remained unchanged for decades. Nevertheless, the author uncovers the existence of a 'Cult of Defense' in Chinese strategic culture. The author warns that this 'Cult of Defense' disposes Chinese leaders to rationalize all military deployment as defensive, while changes in the People's Liberation Army's doctrine and capabilities over the past two decades suggest that China's twenty-first century leaders may use military force more readily than their predecessors.

Table of Contents:

• 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.

Author/Creator:

Scobell, Andrew

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English.

Main Work:

China's use of military force: beyond the Great Wall and the long march [by Scobell, A.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: China's use of military force [by Scobell, A.] (Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 — ISBN 0521819792; ISBN 0521525853; LCCN 2002041536; OCLC Number 51274613)

Related Series:

Cambridge modern China series

Subjects:

China — Military policy

China — History, Military — 1949-

Since 1949

History, Military

Military policy

China

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-291) and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 299 pages) : map.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

UA835 .S3797 2003eb

ISBNs:

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Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2002041536

OCLC Numbers:

57204185