Analyzing the Chinese military : a review essay and resource guide on the People's Liberation Army /
Peter Mattis
Bok · Engelsk · 2015
| Utgitt | [Charleston, SC : : Create Space], , 2015
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| Omfang | 141 s.
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| Opplysninger | "The primary purpose of the book is to serve as a primer for researching and writing about Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA). The main body reviews 16 books and reports, primarily focusing on how good analysis is done and introducing ideas familiar to most China scholars such as authority in sourcing. It examines recent books on the PLA to help the generalist or student become familiar with existing evaluations and identify best practices for assessing Chinese military affairs. Mattis also provides ten appendixes of bibliographic references to help students and newcomers to the Chinese security field find reliable analysis and sources as well as basic background reading that they might find useful. These include an extensive bibliography on PLA and Chinese security affairs as well as short guides on where to find regular PLA-related analysis, what Chinese-language sources to acquire, and whose analysis to follow. The structure is deliberately designed to help readers build a solid foundation for understanding the PLA and develop a progressively more sophisticated perspective. Many of these things may be well-known among China analysts; however, only a few places have such observers been explicit about how they assess China and the Chinese military, making it difficult for newcomers to figure out they should approach these subjects." (Citation from www.andrewerickson.com)
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| ISBN | 9781511952224
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