Assessing the People's Liberation Army in the Hu Jintao era
By: Roy Kamphausen, David Lai, Travis Tanner, editors
Contributors: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute; Army War College (U.S.). Press
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Carlisle, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 532
ISBN-13: 9781584876175
Subjects: Military leadership; Military doctrine; Civil-military relations; Military policy; Defenses; History; China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun; China
Description: The 2012 PLA (People's Liberation Army) conference took place at a time when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was making its leadership transition from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping. The conference discussion focused on the developments in China's national security and in the PLA during the Hu Jintao Administration from 2002 to 2012. Key observations are presented in this volume. The most significant ones are Hu Jintao's promulgation of the new Historic Missions for the PLA, and Hu's complete handover of power to his successor. The former has turned on the green light for the PLA to go global. The latter is a milestone is the CCP's institution building.
Notes: "April 2014."

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online in PDF format from Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) web site.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / David Lai and Roy Kamphausen; title: The "New Historic Missions" : reflections on Hu Jintao's military legacy / Daniel M. Hartnett; title: The evolution of core concepts : people's war, active defense, offshore defense / Dennis J. Blasko; title: What's in a name : building anti-access/area denial capabilities without anti-access/area denial doctrine / Christopher P. Twomey; title: Aspiring to jointness : PLA training, exercises, and doctrine, 2008-2012 / Wanda Ayuso and Lonnie Henley; title: The role of informatization in the People's Liberation Army under Hu Jintao / Joe McReynolds and James Mulvenon; title: China's evolving naval strategy and capabilities in the Hu Jintao era / Nan Li; title: Second artillery in the Hu Jintao era : doctrine and capabilities / Michael S. Chase; title: "Who cares if you've been in a war?" : veteran activism, state repression, and civil-military relations in Hu-era China / Neil J. Diamant; title: Toward strategic leadership : Chinese Communist Party's People's Liberation Army relations in the Hu era / Timothy R. Heath; title: Trends in People's Liberation Army international initiatives under Hu Jintao / Kenneth Allen.