Learning by Doing: The PLA Trains at Home and Abroad (Enlarged Edition) - Softcover

Tanner, Travis; Kamphausen, Roy; Lai, David; Institute, Strategic Studies

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1304056503 ISBN 13: 9781304056504

Verlag: Lulu.com, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

To better understand the PLA’s ability to employ its developing capabilities in a variety of potential scenarios, this year’s workshop examined how the PLA learns by doing, specifically through its exercises and noncombat operations at home and overseas, and through key logistical and theoretical developments. Key findings are 1) recent PLAN exercises and operations point to an increasing interest in developing expeditionary naval capabilities and a presence in distant seas, suggesting that a move beyond the current “near seas” focus is both possible and an extension of existing efforts; 2) PLA ground force exercises—rather than aiming to intimidate others by demonstrating the ability to project power beyond China’s borders—focus on moving military power within China, both to defend China’s borders and perhaps as a prelude to military restructuring in which smaller but more mobile formations could replace larger and more static ones;...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Lulu.com
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1304056503
• ISBN 13: 9781304056504
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 397
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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