This is the first systematic study of modern China's military campaigns and the actual fighting conducted by the People's Liberation Army since the founding of the People's Republic. It provides a general overview of the evolution of PLA military doctrine, and then focuses on major combat episodes from the civil war with the Nationalists to the last significant combat in Vietnam in 1979, in addition to navy and air operations through 1999. In contrast to the many works on the specifics and hardware of China's military modernization, this book discusses such topics as military planning, command, and control; fighting and politics; combat tactics and performance; technological catch-up and doctrinal flexibility; the role of Mao Zedong; scale and typologies of fighting; and deterrence. The contributors include scholars from Mainland China, Taiwan, and the United States, who draw from a wealth of fresh archival sources.
List of Maps,
1. Introduction: Patterns of PL A Warfighting,
2. Change
and Continuity in Chinese Military Doctrine: 1949-1999,
3. The
Beiping-Tianjin Campaign of 1948-1949: The Strategic and Operational Thinking
of the Peoples Liberation Army,
4. The Last Campaign to Unify China: The
CCPs Unrealized Plan to Liberate Taiwan, 1949-1950,
5. Command, Control, and
the PLAs Offensive Campaigns in Korea, 1950-1951,
6. What China Learned from
Its Forgotten War in Korea,
7. PLA Attacks and Amphibious Operations During
the Taiwan Strait Crises of 1954-55 and 1958,
8. PLA Operational Principles
and Limited War: The Sino-Indian War of 1962,
9. The Sino-Soviet Border
Conflicts of 1969: New Evidence Three Decades Later,
10. Vietnamese
Perceptions of the 1979 War with China,
11. The PLA Navy at War, 1949-1999:
From Coastal Defense to Distant Operations,
12. Air Combat for the Peoples
Republic: The Peoples Liberation Army Air Force in Action, 1949-1969,
Bibliography, The Editors and Contributors, Index and Glossary
Mark A. Ryan, David M. Finkelstein, Michael A. McDevitt, CNA Corporation
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