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Active Defense: China's Military Strategy Since 1949 (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics #2)
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$32.14
Publication Date: December 8th, 2020
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
ISBN:
9780691210339
Pages:
396
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Description
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.
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