The dragon awakes : China's military modernization trends and implications /

"Four essays ... analyze broad trends in Chinese military modernization. While they treat strategic capabilities ... the essays analyze considerably more. They look at the whole pattern of Chinese military modernization-- strategy, doctrine, information warfare, ground, naval and air forces....

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	USAF Counterproliferation Center (U.S.)
Other Authors:	Grinter, Lawrence E.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : USAF Counterproliferation Center, Air University, 1999.
Subjects:	Nuclear weapons > China. Arms transfers > China. China > Armed Forces > Operational readiness. China > Defenses. China > Military policy.

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Summary:	"Four essays ... analyze broad trends in Chinese military modernization. While they treat strategic capabilities ... the essays analyze considerably more. They look at the whole pattern of Chinese military modernization-- strategy, doctrine, information warfare, ground, naval and air forces. The essays come to ... much the same conclusion: that while the PLA ... is acquiring "pockets" of modern capabilities through a variety of legal and illegal endeavors, these selective acquisitions do not offset the overall obsolescence of most of China's armed forces."
Item Description:	"October 1999."
Physical Description:	iv, 94 pages ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.