Revival: The People s Liberation Army and China s Nation Building 1973

This revised edition brings the problem of Third-World conflict into the post-Cold War era. It asks when and how should the developed countries intervene in internal wars outside of their traditional geopolitical interest - and what can such intervention realistically accomplish?

List of contents

PREFACE, INTRODUCTION, I. THE MAOIST MODEL OF ARMY-BUILDING, II. THE POLITICAL WORK OF THE PLA, III. THE ECONOMIC ROLE OF THE MILITARY, IV. THE ARMY AND SOCIO-CULTURAL CHANGE, V. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE MILITIA, VI. THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN TWO LINES, VII. THE MILITARY AND THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, VIII. THE REASSERTION OF THE MAOIST MODEL, BIBLIOGRAPHY

About the author

Ying-Mao Kau

Summary

This revised edition brings the problem of Third-World conflict into the post-Cold War era. It asks when and how should the developed countries intervene in internal wars outside of their traditional geopolitical interest - and what can such intervention realistically accomplish?

Product details

• Authors: Kau, Ying-Mao Kau
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138895775
• ISBN: 978-1-138-89577-5
• No. of pages: 262
• Series: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; China, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Asian History, History and Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General