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Additional authors

1. Scobell, Andrew
2. Ding, Arthur S
3. Saunders, Phillip C. (Phillip Charles), 1966-
4. Harold, Scott, 1975-
5. National Defense University Press, publisher

Description

1. x, 371 pages : color illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

1. "How will China use its increasing military capabilities in the future? China faces a complicated security environment with a wide range of internal and external threats. Rapidly expanding international interests are creating demands for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to conduct new missions ranging from protecting Chinese shipping from Somali pirates to evacuating citizens from Libya. The most recent Chinese defense white paper states that the armed forces must 'make serious preparations to cope with the most complex and difficult scenarios ... so as to ensure proper responses ... at any time and under any circumstances.' Based on a conference co-sponsored by Taiwan's Council of Advanced Policy Studies, RAND, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and National Defense University, [this book] brings together leading experts from the United States and Taiwan to examine how the PLA prepares for a range of domestic, border, and maritime contingencies. The book includes chapters on how the PLA, domestic security forces, and the civilian government conduct contingency planning and how military commanders can draw upon national-level military assets and mobilize civilian resources to execute their plans. Substantive chapters assess PLA planning for potential domestic contingencies such as suppressing internal unrest, border contingencies involving India, Myanmar, North Korea, Afghanistan, and Central Asia, and maritime contingencies in both the near and the far seas. Authors also examine PLA preparations and performance in disaster relief, counterpiracy, and noncombatant evacuation operations. Improving PLA capabilities are giving Chinese leaders new options to respond to domestic and international crises, but the PLA still has significant limitations in projecting and sustaining power, especially in contested environments."--Back cover.

Subject

1. China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun
2. 2000-2099
3. Military planning -- China
4. National security -- China
5. Internal security -- China
6. Sea-power -- China -- History -- 21st century
7. Internal security
8. Military planning
9. Military policy
10. National security
11. Sea-power
12. Strategic aspects of individual places
13. Väpnade styrkor
14. Militärväsen
15. Försvarspolitik
16. Planering
17. Säkerhetspolitik
18. Inre säkerhet
19. China -- Military policy
20. China -- Strategic aspects
21. China
22. Kina

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Introduction: The PLA and contingency planning in China / Phillip C. Saunders -- I. Thinking and Planning for Contingencies. The PLA and contingency planning / Mark Cozad -- PLA observations of U.S. contingency planning : what has it learned? / Marcelyn L. Thompson -- China plans for internal unrest: People's Armed Police and Public Security approaches to "mass incidents" / Jonathan Walton -- Civilian authorities and contingency planning in China / Catherine Welch -- Converting the potential to the actual : Chinese mobilization policies and planning / Dean Cheng -- Employment of national-level PLA assets in a contingency : a cross-Strait conflict as case study / Mark A. Stokes -- II. Domestic Contingencies. China's armed forces respond to internal disaster relief : assessing mobilization and effort / Jeffrey Engstrom and Lyle Morris -- PLA response to widespread internal unrest in the Han homeland / Ma Chengkun -- III. Border Contingencies. The PLA and cross-border contingencies in North Korea and Burma / Thomas Woodrow -- PLA contingency planning and the case of India / Larry M. Wortzel -- Like a good neighbor : Chinese intervention through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization / Ben Lowsen -- IV. Maritime Contingencies. The PLA and near seas maritime sovereignty disputes / Alexander Chieh-cheng Huang -- The PLA and far seas contingencies : Chinese capabilities for noncombatant evacuation operations / Michael S. Chase -- PLA Navy planning for out of area deployments / Kristen Gunness and Samuel K. Berkowitz.

Call number

1. JFE 17-11281

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

1. Text in English and Chinese.

Title

1. The People's Liberation Army and contingency planning in China / edited by Andrew Scobell, Arthur S. Ding, Phillip C. Saunders, and Scott W. Harold.

Publisher

1. Washington, D.C. : National Defense University Press, 2015.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language

1. Text in English and Chinese.

Connect to:

1. http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo63582

Chronological term

1. 2000-2099

Added author

1. Scobell, Andrew, editor.
2. Ding, Arthur S., editor.
3. Saunders, Phillip C. (Phillip Charles), 1966- editor.
4. Harold, Scott, 1975- editor.
5. National Defense University Press, publisher.

Other form:

1. Online version: People's Liberation Army and contingency planning in China (OCoLC)931528023

LCCN

1. 2015038587

ISBN

1. 9780996824903 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
2. 0996824901 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Gpo item no.

1. 0378-H-01

Sudoc no.

1. D 5.402:C 44/6

Research call number

1. JFE 17-11281