Civil-military Relations in Today's China: Swimming in a New Sea
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- ISBN 9780765616593
- Weight: 589g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Dec 2006
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This work provides an in-depth and up-to-date examination of civil-military relations in China. It reflects the significant changes taking place in Chinese society and their impact on the civil-military dynamic, with particular attention to how the military will fit in with the new class of entrepreneurs. Rather than focusing exclusively on elite Party-Army relations, the book examines civil-military relations from various vantage points: at "the center" and in the provinces; between civilian leaders and military leaders; from a strictly military perspective and from a civilian perspective; and from the angle of specific issue areas. Chapters explore issues, such as the impact of AIDS, the defense budget, the emerging dynamic between the military and China's new leadership, resettling demobilized troops back into civilian life, and the role of the militia, reserve units, and other civilian groups. The contributors are highly respected specialists in China studies, including political scientists, historians, PLA specialists, and sociologists. They present a vibrant portrait of the new civil-military dynamic in the PRC within the complex social changes that China is exploring today.
David M. Finkelstein is the director of Project Asia, the Asian studies center at The CNA Corporation. Dr. Finkelstein received his Ph.D. in Chinese history from Princeton University and studied Mandarin at Nankai University in Tianjin, China. A long-time student of Chinese and Asian affairs, he is widely published. His 1993 historical monograph, From Abandonment to Salvation: Washington’s Taiwan Dilemma, 1949–50, was hailed in Presidential Studies Quarterly as “blazing a new trail” and “will take an important place in the literature of U.S.–China relations in the mid-20th Century.” He is co-editor of two other M.E. Sharpe publications, China’s Leadership in the 21st Century: The Rise of the Fourth Generation (2002) and Chinese Warfighting: The PLA Experience Since 1949 (2003), and most recently co-editor of China’s Revolution in Doctrinal Affairs: Emerging Trends in the Operational Art of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (2005). A retired U.S. Army officer, Finkelstein is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the Army War College, and the U.S. Army Airborne School. In addition to command and staff positions in the field, he held significant China-related positions at the Pentagon and served on the faculty at West Point, where he taught Chinese history. Kristen Gunness is a senior analyst with Project Asia at The CNA Corporation. She has extensive experience studying, living, and working in China. She is a graduate of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies, and has studied Mandarin at Beijing Capital Normal University and the Harbin Institute of Technology. Ms. Gunness brings to bear first-hand insights into the commercial, economic, and social dynamics at work in today’s ever-changing China. In addition to her years of study on the mainland as a student, she worked as a business consultant in a well established Shanghai firm. In that capacity she spent several years working and traveling in China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. Upon returning to the United States, Ms. Gunness worked as an Asia analyst for the Intellibridge Corporation and also served 306 THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS as a trade analyst for China and East Asia at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. Ms. Gunness has written extensively on Chinese security, foreign, and economic affairs. She holds an M.A. in security studies from Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.
