{"product_id":"chinese-civil-military-relations-in-the-naval-war-college-press-u-s-9781884733734","title":"Chinese Civil-Military Relations in the Post-Deng Era: Implications for Crisis Management and Naval Modernization","description":"\u003cb\u003eNOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT-- OVERSTOCK SALE-- Significantly reduced list price while supplies last\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eChina Maritime Studies No. 4. Addresses two analytical questions: What has changed in Chinese civil Military relations during the post-Deng Xiaoping era? What are the implications of this change for China's crisis management and its naval modernization?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy are these important? Addressing these questions is important for three major reasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1) First, because the People s Liberation Army (PLA) is a party army, it is commonly assumed that its pri-\u003cbr\u003e mary function is domestic politics that is, to participate in party leadership factional\u003cbr\u003e politics and to defend the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) against political opposition\u003cbr\u003e from Chinese society. For the past twenty years, however, the PLA has not been em-\u003cbr\u003e ployed by such party leaders as Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao against political opposition\u003cbr\u003e from either the CCP or Chinese society. The PLA s ground force, which is manpower-\u003cbr\u003e intensive and therefore the most appropriate service for domestic politics, has been\u003cbr\u003e continuously downsized. Technology and capital-intensive services that are appropriate\u003cbr\u003e for force projection to the margins of China and beyond and for strategic deterrence\u003cbr\u003e but are inappropriate for domestic politics such as the PLA Navy (PLAN), the PLA Air\u003cbr\u003e Force (PLAAF), and the Second Artillery (the strategic missile force) have been more\u003cbr\u003e privileged in China s military modernization drive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study, by examining change in Chinese civil-military relations, undertakes to resolve this analytical puzzle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2) Second, China s civil-military interagency coordination in crisis management during the\u003cbr\u003e post-Deng era has remained an area of speculation, for lack of both information and\u003cbr\u003e careful analysis. By analyzing change in Chinese civil-military relations, this study aims\u003cbr\u003e to shed some light on this analytical puzzle as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3) Finally, the PLAN (PLA Navy) was previously marginalized within the PLA, partly because the lat-\u003cbr\u003e ter was largely preoccupied with domestic issues and politics, where the PLAN is not\u003cbr\u003e especially useful. By exploring change in Chinese civil-military relations, this study also\u003cbr\u003e attempts to explain why during the post-Deng era the PLAN has become more impor-\u003cbr\u003e tant in China s military policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Students participating in Chinese studies classroom assignments may be interested in this volume for research. This work may also be of interest to military and political science students as well as military historians, military strategists, and political science scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Naval War College Press (U S ),Nan Li\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1884733735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781884733734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Government Printing Office\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.20w x 0.30d","brand":"Naval War College Press (U S )","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623329411327,"sku":"9781884733734","price":7.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chinese-civil-military-relations-in-the-naval-war-college-press-u-s-9781884733734","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}