China's use of military force [electronic resource] : beyond the Great Wall and the long march / Andrew Scobell.
Material type: TextSeries: Cambridge modern China seriesPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 299 p.) : mapISBN:- 0511061633 (electronic bk.)
- 9780511061639 (electronic bk.)
- 9780511510502
- 0511510500
- 355/.033051 22
- UA835 .S3797 2003eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-291) and index.
Introduction -- The Chinese cult of defense -- Bringing in the military -- Lips and teeth: China's decision to intervene in Korea -- Support the Left: PLA intervention in the Cultural Revolution -- A self-defense counterattack: China's 1979 war with Vietnam -- Why the People's Army fired on the people: Beijing, 1989 -- Show of force: the 1995-1996 Taiwan Strait crisis -- Conclusion: explaining China's use of force.
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