Modernizing China’s Military: Progress, Problems, and Prospects

Author:   David Shambaugh
Publisher:   University of California Press
ISBN:  

9780520225077


Pages:   402
Publication Date:   25 March 2003
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   David Shambaugh
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.503kg
ISBN:  

9780520225077


ISBN 10:   0520225074
Pages:   402
Publication Date:   25 March 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

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List of Illustrations List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Preface and Acknowledgments A Note on Sources 1. Introduction 2. Civil-Military Relations 3. Doctrine and Training 4. Command, Control, and Force Structure 5. Budget and Finance 6. Defense Industries and Weapons Procurement 7. Threat Perceptions 8. Policy Implications for the United States Name Index Subject Index

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The definitive study of a contentious foreign-policy subject. The conclusions of Shambaugh's sophisticated assessment . . . are a much needed corrective to the methodologically crude arguments of works that hype the 'China threat.' -- The Atlantic Monthly


"""The definitive study of a contentious foreign-policy subject. The conclusions of Shambaugh's sophisticated assessment . . . are a much needed corrective to the methodologically crude arguments of works that hype the 'China threat.' ""--""The Atlantic Monthly"


""The definitive study of a contentious foreign-policy subject. The conclusions of Shambaugh's sophisticated assessment . . . are a much needed corrective to the methodologically crude arguments of works that hype the 'China threat.' ""--""The Atlantic Monthly


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David Shambaugh is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the China Policy Program at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. He is also Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Program, at the Brookings Institution. He has written and edited many books, including Making China Policy: Lessons from the Bush and Clinton Administrations (2001), The Modern Chinese State (2000), and The China Reader: The Reform Era (1999).

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