Chinese lessons from other peoples' wars
By: Andrew Scobell, David Lai, Roy Kamphausen, editors
Contributors: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Carlisle, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9781584875116
Subjects: China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun; Defenses; Military policy; Strategy; China; Operational readiness
Description: The importance of China stems not only from its current international role and its influence on the Asia-Pacific region in particular, but also because China's impact on global developments will likely continue to grow. One of SSI's enduring imperatives is to accurately survey China's experiences as a means to grasp its existing perceptions, motivations, and ambitions. More than ever, solid, evidence-based evaluation of what the PLA has learned from the use of force and conflict elsewhere in the world is needed to shed light on the prospects for its cooperation, or rivalry, with the international community. This volume provides unique, valuable insights on how the PLA has applied the lessons learned from others' military actions to its own strategic planning.
Notes: "November 2011."

"Strategic Studies Institute book."

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Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Andrew Scobell, David Lai, and Roy Kamphausen; title: People's Liberation Army lessons from foreign conflicts : the air war in Kosovo / June Teufel Dreyer; title: Sinica rules the waves? : the People's Liberation Army Navy's power projection and anti-access/area denial lessons from the Falklands/Malvinas conflict / Christopher D. Yung; title: The People's Liberation Army's selective learning : lessons of the Iran-Iraq "war of the cities" missile duels and uses of missiles in other conflicts / Christopher Twomey; title: Chinese lessons from the Gulf Wars / Dean Cheng; title: The People's Liberation Army lessons learned from recent Pacific Command operations and contingencies / Frank Miller; title: The influence of U.S. counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan on the People's Liberation Army / Martin Andrew; title: Learning from the neighbors : the People's Liberation Army examines the small wars and counterinsurgencies waged by Russia / Yu Bin.