Civil-military relations in today's China : swimming in a new sea / / David M. Finkelstein and Kristen Gunness, editors.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Finkelstein, David Michael.; Gunness, Kristen, 1976-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xviii, 326 p. :; ill.
• Notes: "An East Gate book."

Table of Contents

Social trends in China : implications for the Pople's Liberation Army / Tony Saich -- The impact of social changes on the PLA : a Chinese military perspective / Xiaobing Li -- The new military elite : generational profile and contradictory trends / Cheng Li -- The fourth-generation leaders and the new military elite / Yu bin -- The PLA and the provinces : military district and local issues / Zhiyue Bo -- The political implications of PLA professionalism / Lyman Miller -- Unravelling the myths about political commissars / You Ji -- Searching for a twenty-first-century officer corps / Thomas J. Bickford -- Educating the officer corps : the Chinese People's Liberation Army and its interactions with civilian academic institutions / Kristen Gunness -- China's defense budget : is there impending friction between defense and civilian needs? / Joseph Fewsmith -- The PLA in the new economy : plus Ca change, plus C'est la meme chose / James Mulvenon -- The challenge of conscription in an era of social change / Sijin Cheng -- Demobilization and resettlement: the challenge of downsizing the People's Liberation Army / Maryanne Kivlehan-Wise -- People's war in the twenty-first century : the militia and the reserves / Dennis J. Blasko.