TY - BOOK AU - Mulvenon,James C. AU - Yang,Andrew N.D. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Seeking truth from facts: a retrospective on Chinese military studies in the post-Mao era AV - UA835 .S39 2001eb U1 - 355/.033551 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Santa Monica, CA PB - National Security Research Division, RAND KW - Civil-military relations KW - China KW - Congresses KW - Military doctrine KW - Armed Forces KW - Military policy KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - "A series of retrospective papers given at a conference held in Washington, D.C., 8-11 July 1999, on Chinese civil-military relations, force structure, doctrine, capabilities, and the state of the field"-- Introd; Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-213); 1. Retrospective on the study of Chinese civil-military relations since 1979: what have we learned? where do we go? -- 2. Commentary on civil-military relations in China: the search for new paradigms -- 3. PLA force structure: a 20-year retrospective -- 4. Compensating for deficiencies: doctrinal evolution in the Chinese People's Liberation Army, 1978-1999 -- 5. Commentary on doctrine -- 6. Transformation and refinement of Chinese military doctrine: reflection and critique on the PLA's view -- 7. Chinese military-technical development: the record for western assessments, 1979-1999 -- 8. Comments on "China's military-technical developments: the record for western assessments, 1979-1999" -- 9. CAPS and the study of the PLA: a review essay -- 10. Eight points for attention; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2005; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10015440 ER -