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Armoured warfare
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Lin Biao
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Luo Ruiqing
Mao Zedong
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Military doctrine
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Military organization
Military strategy
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Military technology
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Nuclear weapon
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Peng Dehuai
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People's war
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Soviet Union
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Su Yu
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Total war
War
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Weapon system
World War II
Ye Jianying
Zhang Zhen (general)
Zhou Enlai
Product details
- ISBN 9780691210339
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 08 Dec 2020
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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What changes in China’s modern defense policy reveal about military organizations and strategy
Active Defense offers the first systematic look at China’s military strategy from the mid-twentieth century to today. Exploring the range and intensity of threats that China has faced, M. Taylor Fravel illuminates the nation’s past and present military goals, and offers a rich set of cases for deepening the study of how and why states alter their defense policies.
M. Taylor Fravel is the Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science and Director of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Strong Borders, Secure Nation (Princeton). Twitter @fravel
