01541nam a22002657a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801270007608200160020310000170021924500560023626000540029230000510034636500080039752006030040565000200100865000460102865000220107465000570109665000380115365000380119165000180122965500110124770000170125820190829114937.0190829b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9789380502373  a:International Book Distributorsb:Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhic:114257d:12/08/2019   a355.0095 LI  aLi, Xiaobing  aA History of the Modern Chinese Armyc/ Xiaobing Li  aNew Delhib : University Press of Kentucky,c2011  axvi, 413 pagesb : illustrations, mapsc23cm.   b695  aXiaobing Li's comprehensive examination of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) offers new insights into the military's central place in modern Chinese society. A History of the Modern Chinese Army goes beyond the usual Western assessments of the Chinese military 'threat' and also expands on the politically constricted scholarship of native Chinese military historians. Li offers a sweeping yet thorough study of modern Chinese armed forces in the context of the nation's cultural traditions, its Communist revolution, and recent technological innovations that have radically transformed all aspec.  aSocial Science   a Public administration & military science  a Military science  aChina. -- Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun. -- History.  aChina -- Armed Forces -- History.  aHistory -- Military -- Pictorial.  aArmed Forces.  bChania  aLi, Xiaobing