Chinese military modernization and force development : a Western perspective / Anthony H. Cordesman, Ashley Hess, Nicholas S. Yarosh.

• Introduction. -- Assessing China's armed forces. -- Underlying resources for China's security capabilities. -- Chinese strategy and PLA military doctrine. -- Chinese military organization and trends in total personnel. -- Chinese strategy and estimates of military spending. -- Broad patterns in PLA modernization and the role of arms and technology imports and exports. -- The PLA army. -- The PLA navy. -- PLA air force. -- PLA missile forces - the second artillery force. -- China's nuclear forces and weapons of mass destruction. -- Chinese military modernization and the Taiwan Strait military balance.

• China's military development has become a key focus of US security policy as well as that of virtually all Asia-Pacific states. This report examines trends in Chinese strategy, military spending, and military forces based on Chinese defense white papers and other official Chinese sources; US reporting by the Department of Defense and other defense agencies; and other government sources, including Japanese and Korean defense white papers and the International Monetary Fund. The analysis also draws on the work of experts outside of government, various research centers, and nongovernmental organizations. The goal is to provide a comparison of different views and sources, contrasting Chinese and outside views and highlighting the trends where adequate data are available, as well as the problems, gaps, and contradictions in various sources. The report is not intended to provide a particular view of Chinese developments or policy recommendations, but rather to act as a reference that can be used in US and Chinese military dialogue and by other experts looking for a comparison of official sources and the trends in Chinese forces. 

Ämnesord

Militärväsen  (sao)

Försvarsorganisation  (sao)

Väpnade styrkor  (sao)

Försvarspolitik  (sao)

Försvarsdoktriner  (sao)

Military planning  -- China -- 21st century. (LCSH)

National security  -- China -- 21st century. (LCSH)

Military doctrine  -- China -- 21st century. (LCSH)

Nuclear weapons  -- China. (LCSH)

Military doctrine.  (fast)

Military planning.  (fast)

Military policy.  (fast)

National security.  (fast)

Nuclear weapons.  (fast)

Political science.  (fast)

Armed Forces  -- Reorganization. (fast)

Military policy  (lcsh)

Military doctrine  (LCSH)

Military art and science  (LCSH)

Armed forces  (LCSH)

China  -- Armed Forces -- Reorganization -- 21st century. (LCSH)

China  -- Military policy -- 21st century. (LCSH)

China  -- Politics and government -- 21st century. (LCSH)

Kina  (sao)

China.  (fast)

2000 - 2099  (fast)

Institutionsnamn

China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun.

China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun

Klassifikation

355.033051 (DDC)

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